Monday, May 7, 2012

There were more political news over the weekend then

There were more political news over the weekend then actually economic data coming out of Europe. France elected its first Socialist President, Francois Hollande, in 17 years. Greek voters favored anti-bailout parliament candidates over the two main political parties. Commodities are lower this morning on concerns regarding the future austerity vs. growth of Europe, i.e. Merkel vs. Hollande. Crude oil sold off sharply over the past few sessions over global economic concerns and is now sitting at a 4 month low. Investors continue to take money out of commodities as slower growth in India and China along with Europe and US are causing anxiety. Thin trading conditions and traders piling into their current short positions are also contributing to the fall in PGM’s. We expect current downward trends to stabilize as traders look ahead to possible QE3 in the US and other monetary actions in Europe. We would watch the psychological levels of $1600 in gold, $30 in silver, $1500 in platinum, and $650 in palladium. In these trading conditions, we can throw technical’s out the window. There are few important economic data this week so we would be cautious and watch out for headline risks.
 
Metals
Last
 %Change
 Low
 High
Au-Jun
1638.1
-0.43%
1632.2
1644
 Pt-Jul
1527.7
-0.51%
1512.9
1532.6
 Pd-Jun
647.6
-0.64%
644.00
655.50
 Ag-Jul
29.970
-1.52%
29.675
30.390
London
AM
PM
Minor
PGMs
Au
-
-
 Rh
1390
Pt
-
-
 Ru
115
Pd
-
-
 Ir 
1100
Ag
-
 DJI
13001.41
-36.86
Currencies




USD
EUR
JPY
GBP
USD
0
1.3053
0.012522
1.6192
EUR
0.766
0
0.95922
1.2404
JPY
79.87
104.25
0
129.31
GBP
0.6176
0.80619
0.7733
0





Crude Brent
112.15
Comex Copper
372.7

Crude WTI
96.86
Nat Gas
2.328

*THESE PRICES ARE FOR INDICATION ONLY CALL FOR QUOTES

 

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