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Investors look to data-heavy week for more clarity

The uncertainty, which follows some downbeat reports on housing and employment, will likely mean choppy trading, especially as volume dwindles during the holiday season. In this week, which will be abbreviated due to Thanksgiving, investors will look ...

From SARA LEPRO, San Francisco Chronicle,  22 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Dow Jones,  Federal Reserve,  European Central Bank,  Jean-Claude Trichet,  Hewlett-Packard

Gold ekes out small gain, other metals hold steady

Gold prices finished higher for a sixth straight day Friday, rising even as the dollar strengthened. The December contract added $4.90 to settle at $1,146.80 an ounce on the New York Mercantile Exchange. For the week, prices gained 2.7 ...

From SARA LEPRO, eTaiwan News,  20 Nov 2009
Related Topics: New York Mercantile Exchange

Gold edges higher even as other commodities fall

Gold and silver recovered from early losses Thursday, but other commodities fell as the dollar strengthened. Investors sought safety in the U.S. currency, Treasurys and gold while selling other commodities like copper and oil following a barrage ...

From SARA LEPRO, Taiwan News,  19 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Labor Department,  New York Mercantile Exchange

Gold ends flat, other commodities fall

Quick links to the best of SFGate | Still can't find it? see Site Index Gold and silver have recovered from early losses, but other commodities are lower as the dollar strengthens. On the New York Mercantile Exchange, gold futures are up 70 cents at $1, ...

From SARA LEPRO, San Francisco Chronicle,  19 Nov 2009
Related Topics: New York Mercantile Exchange,  Dow Jones

Strong dollar, weak data pummel stocks

NEW YORK - Signs of a subdued economic recovery sent investors out of stocks Thursday and in search of safer assets like the dollar. Major indexes tumbled about 1 percent, including the Dow Jones industrial average, which lost 94 points but ended well ...

From SARA LEPRO AND TIM PARADIS, L.A. Daily News,  19 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Dow Jones,  NASDAQ,  NYSE,  Labor Department,  Federal Reserve

Gold, silver, copper hit new highs as dollar falls

Gold hit another record Wednesday, while silver and copper soared to their highest levels in more than a year as investors continued to move out of dollars. Metals, however, finished off their highs as the dollar wavered in midday trading. The ICE ...

From SARA LEPRO, TheNewsTribune.com,  18 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Barack Obama,  New York Mercantile Exchange,  HSBC

Gold, other metals hold gains as dollar rises

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From SARA LEPRO, The Washington Post,  17 Nov 2009
Related Topics: European Central Bank,  Jean-Claude Trichet,  Federal Reserve,  Ben Bernanke,  New York Mercantile Exchange

Gold, other metals hold to gains as dollar rises

NEW YORK - A stronger dollar is keeping a lid on metals prices. Gold, silver and copper are little changed a day after hitting highs, while energy and agriculture futures are slightly higher. ...

From SARA LEPRO, Atlanta Journal Constitution Vendor,  17 Nov 2009
Related Topics: New York Mercantile Exchange

Gold sets new record of $1,143 as dollar falls

Gold kept up its record-setting pace Monday, hitting a fresh high of more than $1,140 an ounce as the dollar tumbled. The weaker dollar also helped push other metals like copper and silver sharply higher, and oil prices rebounded from their lowest ...

From SARA LEPRO, TheNewsTribune.com,  16 Nov 2009
Related Topics: New York Mercantile Exchange,  Federal Reserve

Investors buy more gold as dollar resumes decline

Investors resumed buying gold Friday as the dollar turned lower. Other metals also rose. Oil prices, however, extended their slide, dropping to their lowest level in a month on growing concerns over anemic energy demand. Gold more than recovered ...

From SARA LEPRO, eTaiwan News,  13 Nov 2009
Related Topics: New York Mercantile Exchange,  Federal Reserve

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