Gold Futures Gain on Expectations of QE3 - April 13, 2012 23:49

Gold futures gained on Thursday in reaction to weaker greenback rumors of another round of quantitative easing surfaced. US Federal Reserve officials, William Dudley and Janet Yellen disclosed that the central bank will keep the option of further quantitative easing open. Now the gold investors were investing on the hopes that more quantitative easing will […]

Increase of 2.8 Million Barrels in Oil Supplies: EIA Reports - April 12, 2012 23:46

The Energy Information Administration released its inventories data on Wednesday according to which crude oil stockpiles increased by 2.8 million barrels for the week ending April 6th, 2012. Analysts on average expected the increase of 1.8 million barrels for the respective week. The EIA reported decrease of 4.3 million barrels in gasoline inventories as compared […]

Gold Futures Decline on Profit Taking - April 12, 2012 22:50

Gold futures fell on Wednesday as the investors went for profit taking after three consecutive bullish sessions at Comex. The precious metal remained volatile in the whole session and closed lower as it was looking for direction in search of news headlines. Gold futures contract for June delivery declined $0.40 to settle at $1,660.30 per […]

Gold Futures Gain on Attractive Levels - April 6, 2012 23:37

Gold futures contract for June delivery gained on Thursday as the Investors opt bargain hunting on the precious metal due to its attractive levels. Gold along with other commodities plunged in earlier sessions in reaction to the decision of the US Federal Reserve to stop its quantitative easing program due to improvement in US economy. […]

Energy Information Administration Reports Increase in Oil Inventories - April 5, 2012 23:51

Energy Information Administration released its weekly report on crude oil inventories on Wednesday, according to which oil supplies for the week ending March 30th, 2012 surged 9 million barrels while analysts expected increase of 1.9 million barrels for the respective week. EIA also reported its data on gasoline stockpiles which fell by 1.5 million barrels […]

Gold Declines on Release of Fed Meeting Minutes - April 4, 2012 23:56

Gold fell on Tuesday in reaction to the minutes of latest FOMC meeting which created high demand for the greenback while lower demand for the precious metal. According to the latest minutes of US Fed’s monetary policy meeting, majority of the officials voted against further easing measures. The gold futures contract for June delivery declined […]

Crude Oil Falls on Dollar Strength - April 4, 2012 23:54

Crude oil futures declined on Tuesday as the latest minutes of US Federal Reserve’s meeting revealed no chances of further easing in monetary policy. The news strengthened the US dollar making commodities and crude oil less attractive. The dollar index DXY which tracks the US dollar movement against the basket of its six major rivals […]

Oil Jumps on Better Than Expected US Manufacturing Data - April 3, 2012 23:55

Crude oil futures advanced on Monday as investors were optimistic after the release of US manufacturing data. Further to add, the decision of Iraq to stop oil exports from Kurdish region further gave support to oil in global markets. As per latest data of the Institute for Supply & Management the US manufacturing index gained […]

Gold Futures Gain US Manufacturing Data - April 3, 2012 23:51

Gold futures gained on Monday in reaction to positive US manufacturing survey which also boosted US equities and other commodities such as oil. The Institute for Supply and Management’s index for the month of March increased to 53.4 percent as compared to 52.4 percent in the month of February. Economists were expecting the figure of […]