U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent met with BlackRock Inc executive Rick Rieder in New York on Friday, as the Trump administration continued its search for a new chair for the Federal Reserve, a source familiar with the matter said. Bessent has now spoken with four of the 11 candidates on the administration's list of candidates to replace Fed chair Jerome Powell, whose term expires in May, the source said. Bloomberg first reported Bessent's meeting with Rieder, BlackRock's CIO of fixed income, and called him a rising contender for the post. The two met for two hours and discussed...
Gold prices are slowly recovering from their fairly sharp decline at the start of the Asian trading session on Monday (7/4).Gold prices fell around 2% to $2,970, this is still supported by profit-taking actions that are very dominant accompanied by the effects of the trade war.Gold bullion, which has repeatedly touched record highs in recent weeks, fell as much as 2.2% to below $3,000 an ounce, while copper fell as much as 7.7% in London, the most in five years. This follows the metal's defeat against oil which saw the Bloomberg Commodity Index plunge 5.8% last week, its worst performance...
Silver prices fell to their lowest level in more than eight weeks on Friday (4/4) as concerns about demand for the industrial precious metal dominated sentiment due to recession fears stemming from a series of tariffs by US President Donald Trump. Silver moved in tandem with industrial metals, which are also under pressure from concerns about global growth and demand due to US tariffs and global trade turmoil. Source: Newsmaker.id
Gold prices erased gains and fell about 2.5% to $3,020 an ounce on Friday (4/4), hitting a one-week low and further retreating from a record high set earlier in the week. Analysts attributed the decline to investors selling bullion to cover losses in other asset classes amid margin calls. China's announcement of a 34% tariff on all U.S. imports, in retaliation for President Trump's tariffs, has raised concerns about global economic stability and inflationary pressures. Source: Newsmaker.id
Silver prices fell to around $31.50 an ounce on Friday (4/4), bringing weekly losses to nearly 8% as global trade and economic concerns sparked a broad sell-off across financial markets. The decline followed US President Donald Trump's announcement of a 10% base tariff on all imports, with higher levies targeting major economies including China (54%), the EU (20%), Japan (24%) and India (27%). Source: Newsmaker.id
Gold hovered around $3,083 early in the European session on Friday, Thursday's selloff following President Trump's blanket tariff announcement created a more attractive entry point for investors to take a long position—or an increase in value—in gold, Goldman Sachs analysts said in a note.On the other hand, gold prices remain structurally supported by ongoing emerging market central bank buying. Source: Newsmaker.id
Asia-Pacific markets traded higher, tracking Wall Street gains overnight.
Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 rose 0.41% after hitting a fresh record high on Thursday, while the Topix added 0.61%. South...
Both the STOXX 50 and STOXX 600 hovered around the flatline on Friday, as investors adopted a cautious stance ahead of further developments in trade talks between US President Trump and Chinese...
Poland rejected on Friday a suggestion by Donald Trump that Russian drone incursions into its airspace could have been a mistake, a rare contradiction of the U.S. president from one of Washington's...