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November 5: Gold and Silver End Slightly Lower Before Jobs Day

 

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Gain/Loss

Gold

$1103.50

-$4.00

Silver

$15.00

-$0.09

XAU

48.26

-4.40%

HUI

114.35

-4.21%

GDM

389.53

-4.00%

JSE Gold

984.80

-60.59

USD

98.01

+0.07

Euro

108.79

+0.12

Yen

82.14

-0.11

Oil

$45.20

-$1.12

10-Year

2.245%

+0.015

T-Bond

154.28125

-0.40625

Dow

17863.43

-0.02%

Nasdaq

5127.73

-0.29%

S&P

2099.93

-0.11%

 
 

The Metals:

 

Gold saw slight gains in Asia, but it then chopped back lower in New York and ended with a loss of 0.36%. Silver slipped to as low as $14.943 and ended with a loss of 0.6%.

 

Euro gold fell to about €1015, platinum lost $7 to $946, and copper fell 6 cents to about $2.26.

 

Gold and silver equities fell about 4% in the first 45 minutes of trade and remained near that level for the rest of the day.

The Economy:

 

Report

For

Reading

Expected

Previous

Productivity

Q3

1.6%

-0.2%

3.5%

Unit Labor Costs

Q3

1.4%

2.2%

-1.8%

Initial Claims

10/31

276K

262K

260K

 

Tomorrow brings October’s jobs data and Consumer Credit for September.

 

The Markets:

 

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

 

Oil remained weak on the continued outlook for ample supplies.

 

The U.S. dollar index edged higher on better than expected productivity data that sent treasuries lower.

 

The Dow, Nasdaq, and S&P traded mixed and ended lower ahead of tomorrow’s jobs data.

 

Among the big names making news in the market today were Boeing, Wells Fargo, Electrolux, Qualcomm, Valeant, GM, and Facebook.

 

GATA Posts:

 

 

China's gold investment at risk as Beijing frees yuan

Indian govt. tells people: Deposit your gold with us so we can drive its price down

 

The Statistics:

As of close of business: 11/4/2015

Gold Warehouse Stocks:

6,695,053.836

-2,089.75

Silver Warehouse Stocks:

162,842,964.050

-681,545.60

 

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) AND Mexico Stock Exchange (BMV)

SPDR® Gold Shares

680.105

21,866,068

US$24,189m

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

Gold Bullion Securities

138.13

4,441,056

US$4,914m

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

ETFS Physical Gold

152.66

4,908,200

US$5,429m

Australian Stock Exchange (ASX)

Gold Bullion Securities

11.16

358,789

US$397m

Johannesburg Securities Exchange (JSE)

New Gold Debentures

27.80

893,937

US$999m

Note: Change in Total Tonnes from yesterday’s data: SPDR subtracted 6.199 tonnes.

 

COMEX Gold Trust (IAU) Total Tonnes in Trust: 160.30: No change from yesterday’s data.

Silver Trust (SLV) Total Tonnes in Trust: 9,756.57: No change from yesterday’s data.

 

The Miners:

 

Claude’s (CGR) third quarter results, Richmont’s (RIC) third quarter results, McEwen’s (MUX) third quarter results, Randgold’s (GOLD) third quarter results, Royal Gold’s (RGLD) first quarter results, and Great Panther’s (GPL) third quarter results were among the big stories in the gold and silver mining industry making headlines today.

 

WINNER

1. Paramount

PZG +3.31% $1.25

LOSERS

1. Royal Gold

RGLD-14.27% $40.26

2. Newmont

NEM -7.94% $17.50

3. Yamana

AUY -5.80% $1.95

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

Please see Yahoo’s Mining/Metals News Wire for all of today’s mining news.

- Chris Mullen, Gold Seeker Report

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