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Gold Seeker Weekly Wrap-Up: Gold and Silver Close Above $1600 and $40

By: Chris Mullen, Gold-Seeker.com



-- Posted 22 July, 2011 | |

 

Close

Gain/Loss

On Week

Gold

$1600.90

+$13.90

+0.69%

Silver

$40.05

+$1.01

+2.77%

XAU

220.36

+1.12%

+1.57%

HUI

578.29

+1.17%

+1.83%

GDM

1684.86

+1.14%

+1.84%

JSE Gold

2537.51

+2.63

-1.27%

USD

74.22

+0.13

-1.24%

Euro

143.63

-0.63

+1.52%

Yen

127.46

-0.03

+0.77%

Oil

$99.87

+$0.74

+2.70%

10-Year

2.964%

-0.046

+1.93%

Bond

124.84375

+0.75

-0.94%

Dow

12681.31

-0.34%

+1.62%

Nasdaq

2858.83

+0.86%

+2.47%

S&P

1345.02

+0.09%

+2.19%

 
 

 

The Metals:

 

Gold fell $4.40 to $1582.60 in Asia, but it then rose to as high as $1607.09 in New York and ended just $1.25 away from this past Monday’s new all-time closing high with a gain of 0.88%.  Silver climbed to as high as $40.267 and ended with a gain of 2.82%.

 

Euro gold rose to about €1115, platinum gained $9.75 to $1791.75, and copper climbed a few cents to about $4.41.

 

Gold and silver equities rose over 1% by midmorning and remained near that level for the rest of the day.

 

The Economy:

 

$14 Trillion in Debt, But Who Owns All That Money?  Yahoo

Geithner meets Bernanke and Dudley this morning  MarketWatch

Amid debt talks, House budget plan faces Senate  Yahoo

 

There were no major economic reports today.  All of this week’s other economic reports:

 

FHFA Housing Price Index - May

0.4% v. 0.8%

 

Philadelphia Fed - July

3.20 v. -7.70

 

Leading Indicators - June

0.3% v. 0.2%

 

Initial Claims - 7/16

418K v. 408K

 

Existing Home Sales - June

4.77M v. 4.81M

 

MBA Mortgage Index - 7/16

15.5% v. -5.1%

 

Housing Starts - June

629K v. 549K

 

Building Permits - June

624K v. 609K

 

Net Long-Term TIC Flows - May

$23.6B v. $30.6B

 

NAHB Housing Market Index - July

15 v. 13

 

Next week’s economic highlights include the Case-Shiller 20-city Index, Consumer Confidence, and New Home Sales on Tuesday, Durable Goods Orders and the fed’s Beige Book on Wednesday, Initial Jobless Claims and Pending Home Sales on Thursday, and GDP, the Employment Cost Index, Chicago PMI, and Michigan Sentiment on Friday.

 

The Markets:

 

Charts Courtesy of http://finance.yahoo.com/

 

Oil rose on economic optimism after the temporary fix to Greece’s debt problems.

 

The U.S. dollar index and treasuries found slight gains on hopes that “U.S. lawmakers were nearing a deal to raise the borrowing limit and avoid a default.”

 

The Dow fell on Caterpillar’s poor results while the Nasdaq and S&P were able to close with modest gains on easing worries over various debt problems.

 

Among the big names making news in the market Friday were Netflix, GE, Caterpillar, Morgan Stanley, News Corp., Twitter, Verizon, Wendy’s, McDonald’s, Apple, Ford, and Reynolds American.

 

GATA Posts:

 

Asian investors catch gold fever amid record price

 

The Statistics:

Activity from: 6/21/2011

Gold Warehouse Stocks:

11,432,742

-4,080

Silver Warehouse Stocks:

102,226,592

-369,844

 

Global Gold ETF Holdings

[WGC Sponsored ETF’s]

 

Product name

Total Tonnes

Total Ounces

Total Value

New York Stock Exchange Arca (NYSE Arca) AND Singapore Exchange (SGX) AND Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) AND Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKEx)

SPDR® Gold Shares

1242.678

39,953,349

US$63,988m

London Stock Exchange (LSE) AND NYSE Euronext Paris AND Borsa Italiana AND Frankfurter Wertpapierbörse (Deutsche Börse - Xetra)

Gold Bullion Securities

115.35

3,708,632

US$5,938m

London Stock Exchange (LSE) AND NYSE Euronext Paris AND Borsa Italiana AND Frankfurter Wertpapierbörse (Deutsche Börse - Xetra) AND NYSE Euronext Amsterdam

ETFS Physical Gold

126.23

4,058,350

US$6,503m

Australian Stock Exchange (ASX)

Gold Bullion Securities

14.21

473,906

US$732m

Johannesburg Securities Exchange (JSE)

New Gold Debentures

48.09

1,546,150

US$2,475m

NASDAQ Dubai

Dubai Gold Securities

0.154

4,952

US$8m

 Note: Change in Total Tonnes from yesterday’s data: SPDR subtracted 3.333 tonnes.

 

COMEX Gold Trust (IAU) Total Tonnes in Trust: 150.90 - No change from yesterday’s data.

 

Silver Trust (SLV) Total Tonnes in Trust: 9,849.17: +45.46 change from yesterday’s data.

 

The Miners:

WINNERS

1.  Richmont

RIC +4.24% $8.61

2.  Extorre

XG +3.54% $14.05

3.  Ivanhoe

IVN+3.14% $27.25

 

LOSERS

1.  Revett

RVM -3.64% $5.03

2.  AuRico

AUQ-1.50% $13.12

3.  Vista Gold

VGZ -1/45% $3.40

Winners & Losers tracks NYSE and AMEX listed gold and silver mining stocks that trade over $1.

       

All of today's gold and silver stock news:

AngloGold Ashanti to Acquire Interest in First Uranium from Village Main Reef - More
- July 22, 2011 | Item | ShareThisShareThis


Tiex Inc. - Exploration Update on Its Quesnel Trough Properties, Central British Columbia, Canada - More
- July 22, 2011 | Item | ShareThisShareThis


Minsud Resources Corp. Announces Phase I: 2,351.6 m. Drilled at Chita Valley Project, San Juan Province, Argentina - More
- July 22, 2011 | Item | ShareThisShareThis


Stakeholder Arranges $2.5 Million Private Placement - More
- July 22, 2011 | Item | ShareThisShareThis


Megastar Closes $671,526 Private Placement Financing - More
- July 22, 2011 | Item | ShareThisShareThis


Sphere Resources Inc. Commences 2700m Drill Program on Its Dome Project at Red Lake, Ontario - More
- July 22, 2011 | Item | ShareThisShareThis


Taku Identifies Prospective Gold-in-Soil Geochemical Anomalies on Montana Property in Yukon - More
- July 22, 2011 | Item | ShareThisShareThis


Crazy Horse Resources Inc. Grants Options - More
- July 22, 2011 | Item | ShareThisShareThis


Dynacor Gold Mines: Announces Record Gold (21,734 ounces) and Silver (40,416 ounces) Production From Custom Milling for the First 6 Months of 2011 - More
- July 22, 2011 | Item | ShareThisShareThis


Antioquia Outlines Significant Advances at Cisneros Project, Colombia - More
- July 22, 2011 | Item | ShareThisShareThis


Commander Resources Commences Work on Yukon Gold Property - More
- July 22, 2011 | Item | ShareThisShareThis


War Eagle Effects Share Consolidation - More
- July 22, 2011 | Item | ShareThisShareThis


Duncan Park Red Lake Drilling to Start Early August, Contractor Engaged - More
- July 22, 2011 | Item | ShareThisShareThis


Duncastle Retains Trident Financial Corp. - More
- July 22, 2011 | Item | ShareThisShareThis


Wealth Minerals Arranges $1,100,000 Loan - More
- July 22, 2011 | Item | ShareThisShareThis


Salazar Reports Gold-Silver Mineralogical Study of El Domo VMS Deposit - More
- July 22, 2011 | Item | ShareThisShareThis


Resinco(R) Capital Partners Inc. Acquires Securities of Teslin River Resources Corp. - More
- July 22, 2011 | Item | ShareThisShareThis


Riva Announces Exploration and Drill Results for its Honey Camp Property - More
- July 22, 2011 | Item | ShareThisShareThis


NEWSMAX Analysis Adds Weight to Quantum's U.S. Rare Earth Findings as Strategic Asset vs. Chinese Imports - More
- July 22, 2011 | Item | ShareThisShareThis


Nautilus Awarded Exploration Tenements in Eastern Pacific - More
- July 22, 2011 | Item | ShareThisShareThis


Re-Issuance: Canadian Orebodies Commences Drilling on the Potential Large Tonnage Haig Inlet Iron Ore Project - More
- July 22, 2011 | Item | ShareThisShareThis


Crosshair Appoints Key Executives - More
- July 22, 2011 | Item | ShareThisShareThis


Iron Creek Provides Update on Progress at its Victoria JV Project with Hochschild Mining - More
- July 22, 2011 | Item | ShareThisShareThis


North Bay Resources Inc. (NBRI): USCIS Approves Ruby Gold Project $7.5M EB-5 Funding Facility - More
- July 22, 2011 | Item | ShareThisShareThis


Nubian Acquires Idaho Sedex Prospect - More
- July 22, 2011 | Item | ShareThisShareThis


Release of Loan Guarantees Provided by China National Gold - More
- July 22, 2011 | Item | ShareThisShareThis


BE Resources Inc. Announces Remaining Assay Results from Drilling Program at the Warm Springs Beryllium & Rare Earth Project - More
- July 22, 2011 | Item | ShareThisShareThis


Williams Creek Gold Limited Reports on Annual General Meeting and Announces Phase II Exploration Program on its Barkerville Properties - More
- July 22, 2011 | Item | ShareThisShareThis


AngloGold Ashanti to Acquire Interest in First Uranium From Village Main Reef - "AngloGold Ashanti Limited ("AngloGold Ashanti") (NYSE:AU - News) has entered into an agreement to acquire ownership over the 47,065,916 shares in First Uranium Corporation ("First Uranium") held by Village Main Reef Limited ("Village"), which equates to a 19.79% interest in First Uranium, for CAD0.60 per share (ZAR4.3569 per share or USD0.64 per share) representing aggregate consideration of approximately CAD28 million (ZAR205 million or USD30 million) the rand equivalent of which is payable in cash by AngloGold Ashanti to Village. Prior to this acquisition AngloGold Ashanti held no interest in First Uranium." More
- July 22, 2011 | Item | ShareThisShareThis


Prophecy Platinum Files Wellgreen Mineral Resource Technical Report and Sets Investor Conference Call for Monday, July 25 at 1:30 pm EST - More
- July 22, 2011 | Item | ShareThisShareThis


- Chris Mullen, Gold Seeker Report

 

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-- Posted 22 July, 2011 | |


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