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Gold hits 4-1/2 month low, Greece heads for elections
Gold slipped to a fresh 4-1/2 month low on Tuesday as the euro continued to lose ground to the dollar after Greece's failure to form a coalition government heightened concerns over Europe's financial crisis and led investors to spurn risky assets.
After six rounds of fruitless wrangling, Greece abandoned efforts to form a government and called a new election that some investors fear may hand victory to the leftists, undo the country's financial bailout package, and push it closer to bankruptcy and out of the euro zone.
In response, gold slipped with the euro, which tumbled to new four-month lows in late New York trade. The euro had fallen in five of the last six sessions on worries over Greece's June election prospects, dragging gold down with it.
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Gold touches 4-1/2 month low as euro retreats
Gold eased below $1,560 an ounce on Tuesday after the failure of Greek politicians to form a government sent the single European currency to four-month lows and unnerved investors over the profitability of holding euro-denominated assets.
With gold's decline to its lowest since late December, consumers in top purchasing-nations such as India have delved into the market, which analysts said could protect the bullion price from a more protracted decline.
Gold remains vulnerable, however, as worries over the euro zone's future simmer in the background, keeping the single currency under pressure.
Spot gold was down 0.1 percent at $1,555.69 an ounce at 1350 GMT, while U.S. gold futures for June delivery were down $8.70 an ounce at $1,552.10.
Gold earlier hit its lowest since December 30 at $ ...
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Gold lifts from 4-1/2 month low as euro recovers
Gold prices edged back towards $1,560 an ounce in Europe on Tuesday after a positive reading of German growth lifted the euro versus the dollar, and as physical buyers stepped in to take advantage of the metal's fall to 4-1/2 month lows.
Gold remains vulnerable to more losses, however, as worries over the euro zone's future simmer in the background, keeping the single currency under pressure.
Spot gold was up 0.1 percent at $1,557.80 an ounce at 05:24 a.m. EDT (0924 GMT), while U.S. gold futures for June delivery were down $3.50 an ounce at $1,557.50.
Gold earlier hit its lowest since December 30 at $1,547.99 an ounce and is down more than 6 percent in May so far, on track for its worst monthly performance since December's washout, as talk that Greece could exit the euro zone spooked ...
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EUR/GBP Testing 80.00 Barrier, As BoE Stops Printing Press
Sunrise Market Commentary
- Fixed Income: Largely uneventful session for core bonds
- Core bonds had an insignificant, technical and sentiment-driven session that left bond yields slightly higher in the close. Overnight, negative headline news on JP Morgan and Greece triggered a moderately strong opening of the Bund. Europe will be in the focus today with the publication of the Spanish banking plan and the EU spring forecasts.
- Currencies: EUR/GBP testing 80.00 barrier, as BoE stops printing press
- On Thursday, sentiment on risk turned slightly less negative, even without progress in the Greek debt/election crisis. Nevertheless, the decline in EUR/USD slowed. EUR/GBP reached a minor low just below 0.8000 as the BoE halted its program of asset purchases. For now, we see no ...
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Drop in jobless claims eases labor market fears
(Reuters) - The number of Americans submitting new applications for jobless benefits edged down last week, easing concerns the labor market was deteriorating after surprisingly weak employment growth in April.
Another report on Thursday showed the U.S. trade deficit widened in March, with exports surging to a record high and a rise in imports highlighting the economy's firming underlying demand.
Together, the reports indicated the economy remains on a moderate growth path, despite the softer jobs growth and signs the service sector slowed in April.
"The slowdown we have seen in economic activity and employment growth during in the past two months may be in the rear view mirror," said Millan Mulraine, senior macro strategist at TD Securities in New York.
New claims for state ...
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U.S. Trade Deficit Widened in March
U.S. Trade Deficit Widened in March
-The US trade deficit was $51.8 billion in March 2012, which was larger than the expected $50.0 billion shortfall; February's gap was revised to $45.4 billion from $46 billion.
-Exports rose 2.9% in March and imports jumped by 5.2%.
-The widening in the trade gap in March was in line with that assumed by the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA). Recent data showing that inventory growth and construction spending were less than assumed by the BEA, however, raise the prospect that the growth rate will be nudged lower than the 2.2% pace originally reported. The prospect of the US economy growing at a faster pace in the second quarter of 2012 remains intact. The US economy continued to generate jobs in April, albeit more slowly than forecasters ...
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Jobless claims fall, trade gap widens
The number of Americans submitting new applications for jobless benefits edged down last week, easing concerns the labor market was deteriorating after April's weak employment growth.
While the claims data indicated the economy remained on a moderate growth path, a report from the Commerce Department showing a widening in the trade deficit in March suggested economic growth was much slower in the first quarter than initially believed.
New claims for state unemployment benefits slipped 1,000 to a seasonally adjusted 367,000, the Labor Department said on Thursday. The prior week's figure was revised up to 368,000 from the previously reported 365,000.
Economists polled by Reuters had forecast claims inching up to 369,000 last week. The four-week moving average for new claims, considered a ...
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Euro Limits The Damage After French And Greek Elections
Sunrise Market Commentary
- Fixed Income: Little support from elections
- Global core bonds set new contract highs at the start of the European session after the French and Greek elections. However, the negative sentiment surprisingly didn't push through and many markets bounced off key levels.
- Currencies: euro limits the damage after French and Greek elections.
- On Monday, the euro opened sharply lower after the election results in Greece and Spain. However, the price moves developed in an orderly way. Even more, the single currency showed remarkable resilience and reversed part of the early losses. The test of the 1.2974 support was rejected. The EUR/GBP 0.8068 support remains under pressure.
The Sunrise Headlines
- US Equities hovered sideways on Monday, halting a ...
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The Weekly Bottom Line : 04/05/2012
The Weekly Bottom Line
HIGHLIGHTS OF THE WEEK
United States
- U.S. job creation may have weakened in the last few months, but the grounds for sustaining stronger employment growth are more fertile now than have been since the economic recovery began. Europe's labor market, by contrast, is likely to deteriorate further before it gets better.
- Europe's (nonfinancial) corporate sector is highly leveraged. As balance sheet adjustments are made, Europe risks further decreases in investment, higher layoffs, and lower economic growth. These effects are compounded by deleveraging in the public sector.
- U.S. corporations, by contrast, are more profitable and liquid than they have ever been. At some point some of these funds will be unleashed towards new investment, creating a positive ...
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