Saturday, 7 May 2011

Gold Seeker Weekly Wrap-Up: Gold and Silver Fall Over 4% and 26% on the Week

Gold Seeker Weekly Wrap-Up: Gold and Silver Fall Over 4% and 26% on the Week


Posted Friday, 6 May 2011 | Source: GoldSeek.com


Close
Gain/Loss
On Week
Gold
$1491.80
+$10.40
-4.57%
Silver
$35.40
-$0.85
-26.05%
XAU
202.19
+0.30%
-9.01%
HUI
535.13
+0.35%
-9.68%
GDM
1559.98
+0.35%
-9.61%
JSE Gold
2584.76
+3.26
-
USD
74.75
+0.57
+2.34%
Euro
143.50
-1.94
-3.07%
Yen
124.12
-0.69
+0.82%
Oil
$97.18
-$2.62
-14.71%
10-Year
3.157%
-0.011
-4.22%
Bond
123.875
+0.3125
+1.23%
Dow
12638.74
+0.43%
-1.34%
Nasdaq
2827.56
0.46%
-1.60%
S&P
1340.20
+0.38%
-1.72%
The Metals:
Gold traded mostly slightly higher in Asia and London before it fell $5.70 to as low as $1475.70 by about 8:30AM EST, but it then rallied back higher in New York and ended near its late morning high of $1498.19 with a gain of 0.7%. Silver fell to $33.17 by a little after 8AM before it also rallied back higher and saw a slight gain at $36.43 by late morning, but it then fell back off in the last couple of hours of trade and ended with a loss of 2.34%.
Euro gold rose to about €1037, platinum gained $13.20 to $1780.70, and copper fell a couple of cents to about $3.96.
Gold and silver equities rose about 2% by midmorning before they fell back off a bit midday, but they still ended with slight gains.
Report
For
Reading
Expected
Previous
Nonfarm Payrolls
April
244K
185K
221K
Unemployment Rate
April
9.0%
8.8%
8.8%
Hourly Earnings
April
0.1%
0.2%
0.2%
Average Workweek
April
34.3
34.3
34.3
Consumer Credit
March
$60.B
$4.9B
$7.6B
The BLS net birth/death adjustment added 175,000 payrolls to April’s data. Private Payrolls rose 268,000.
All of this week’s other economic reports:
Productivity - Q1
Unit Labor Costs - Q1
Initial Claims - 4/30
ISM Services - April
ADP Employment - April
Factory Orders - March
ISM Index - April
Construction Spending - March
Next week’s economic highlights include Export and Import Prices and Wholesale Inventories on Tuesday, the Trade Balance and the Treasury Budget on Wednesday, Initial Jobless Claims, PPI, Retail Sales, and Business Inventories on Thursday, and CPI and Michigan Sentiment on Friday.
The Markets:
Charts Courtesy of http://finance.yahoo.com/
Oil fell and treasuries rose on worries over Europe after rumors surfaced that Greece may leave the euro, but those rumors have since been categorically denied.
The U.S. dollar index rose on the better than expected jobs report that also sent the Dow, Nasdaq, and S&P higher.
Among the big names making news in the market Friday were Sony, Goldman Sachs, Washington Post, and JPMorgan.
GATA Posts:

The Statistics:
Activity from: 5/04/2011
Gold Warehouse Stocks:
11,136,021
+195,006
Silver Warehouse Stocks:
102,576,872
-277,752
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)
SPDR® Gold Shares

1208.419

38,851,883
US$57,728m
London Stock Exchange (LSE) AND NYSE Euronext Paris AND Borsa Italiana AND Frankfurter Wertpapierbörse (Deutsche Börse - Xetra)
Gold Bullion Securities

115.35

3,708,632
US$5,536m
London Stock Exchange (LSE) AND NYSE Euronext Paris AND Borsa Italiana AND Frankfurter Wertpapierbörse (Deutsche Börse - Xetra) AND NYSE Euronext Amsterdam
ETFS Physical Gold

115.36

3,708,882
US$5,532m
Australian Stock Exchange (ASX)
Gold Bullion Securities

14.21

474,318
US$678m
Johannesburg Securities Exchange (JSE)
New Gold Debentures

49.59

1,594,221
US$2,409m
NASDAQ Dubai
Dubai Gold Securities

0.154

4,956
US$7m
Note: Change in Total Tonnes from yesterday’s data: SPDR subtracted 11.521 tonnes.
COMEX Gold Trust (IAU) Total Tonnes in Trust: 136.33 -0.28 change from yesterday’s data.
Silver Trust (SLV) Total Tonnes in Trust: 10,268.92 -118.34 change from yesterday’s data.
Taseko’s (TGB) EPCM contract, Randgold’s (GOLD) ringing of The NASDAQ Stock Market Closing Bell, Vista Gold’s (VGZ) board appointments, and Revett’s (RVM.TO) operations update were among the big stories in the gold and silver mining industry making headlines Friday.
WINNERS
1. First Majestic
AG+8.38% $18.24
2. Richmont
RIC +7.97% $7.72
3. Endeavour
EXK +7.89% $9.30
LOSERS
1. Minefinders
MFN-5.81% $13.14
2. Mines MGMT
MGN -3.51% $2.20
3. Aurizon
AZK -3.14% $5.56
Winners & Losers tracks NYSE and AMEX listed gold and silver mining stocks that trade over $1.


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