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Market Snapshot
STI
3,393.17
-61.20 (-1.77%)
3,393.17
-61.20 (-1.77%)
| Vol | Val | Rise | Fall | Unch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4,536.5M | 2,645.8M | 60 | 446 | 433 |
| STI | 3,393.17 | -61.20 |
|---|---|---|
| HSI | 22,669.68 | -591.40 |
| KLCI | 1,773.06 | -10.82 |
| NIKKEI | 14,483.98 | -1,143.28 |
Commodities
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Chinese aunties go for gold 10 May 2013
ON SUNDAY afternoon, a microblogger in Beijing logged into Sina Weibo, China's leading social media platform, to gossip about the "auntie... -
OCBC Investment Research: Is now the time to re-enter gold? 22 Apr 2013
BY Lim SiyiInvestment Analyst at OCBC BankOCBC Investment Research -
Speculators push gold puts to record high 17 Apr 2013
NEVER before has the cost of protecting gold from losses been higher, pushed up by speculators taking cover from the metal's worst... -
Ominous overhang of commodities seen in market 17 Apr 2013
THE pain from falling commodity prices for producing nations looks set to get worse, while the gain for importing nations swells further. -
Speculative selling turns gold story murky 17 Apr 2013
[SINGAPORE] Rarely has gold felt so unloved as prices slid to as low as US$1,322 in intra-day trading yesterday before recovering to... -
Weekly gold report: Blackrock 15 Apr 2013
Bullion closed the week unchanged at US$1,566/oz. Strength in the US Dollar and equity markets triggered selling early in the week. News... -
Oil prices hit 8-month low; gold slumps 15 Apr 2013
[LONDON] Brent crude oil sank last week to an eight-month low, hit by the poor outlook after a raft of demand forecast downgrades and in... -
Gold as a safe haven getting a solid shake 15 Apr 2013
A SUDDEN gold price slump on Friday has raised questions about the metal's safe haven status. -
Is Tunisia the new hot spot for energy investors? 10 Apr 2013
Until recently Tunisia was considered to be a minor league and relatively underexplored venue in Africa's rapidly expanding oil & gas... -
Gas starts flowing from Israel's Levant Basin, what now? 05 Apr 2013
The first gas has started flowing from Israel's supergiant Tamar gasfield in the Levant Basin. Where it will go will redraw the... -
Gold's 12-year rally expected to peak this year 13 Mar 2013
[LONDON] Gold's worst start to a year in a quarter century and the biggest sales by investors on record are increasing concern that... -
Investors need to look at resources sector 02 Mar 2013
DESPITE the ongoing volatility in financial markets, the global resources sector is well-placed to participate in the slowly improving... -
Bearishness over gold on the rise 16 Feb 2013
[LONDON] GOLD traders are the most bearish in more than a year on mounting speculation that improving economic growth from the United... -
Wheat, cocoa tumble on surplus supply 13 Feb 2013
[NEW YORK] Most crop prices tumbled on Monday on worries about surplus supply, while petrol sank after a blizzard in the US northeast did... -
Shanghai to tighten commodities collateral 05 Feb 2013
[SHANGHAI] The government of Shanghai, China's financial hub, aims to launch an electronic system this year to track collateral used in... -
Oil prices strike four-month peaks 04 Feb 2013
[LONDON] Crude oil prices spiked to four-month peaks last week, energised by the weak dollar, mostly upbeat global economic data and... -
Silver may be the new gold 04 Feb 2013
[SINGAPORE] Gold has long been the darling of Asian investors. But its lesser cousin silver may now be coming into its own as an... -
India may raise import duties on palm, soya oil again 31 Jan 2013
[KUALA LUMPUR] India may raise import duties on edible oils such as palm oil and soya oil again this year, with the government looking to... -
India hikes duty to take shine off gold imports 23 Jan 2013
WORRIED by the corrosive effect of rising gold imports on India's current account deficit, the government has hiked the import duty on the... -
FAO sees food prices staying high in 2013 11 Jan 2013
[ROME] Food prices will stay at high levels this year and low stocks pose the risk of sharp price increases if crops fail, the United...