TSX Venture Exchange inches lower, Jan. 8-12
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index fell 1.96% to finish the Jan. 8-12 trading week at 878.20. Shares of Standard Lithium jumped 30¢ to $2.55 on news that the company signed…
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TSX slips, Jan. 8-12
The S&P/TSX Composite Index fell 0.25% to finish at 16,308.18. The S&P/TSX Global Mining Index gained 4.19% to 76.85 and the S&P/TSX Global Gold Index rose 2.03% to 200.62, with…
US markets rise slightly, Jan. 8-12
Gold closed Friday at US$1,337.40 per oz., up US$18.60 per ounce. The Philadelphia Gold & Silver Index and the Dow Jones Industrial Average both rose 2% to 89.11 and 25,803.19….
TSX Venture in the black, Dec. 27-29
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index gained 40.42 points to a 850.72-point close, as spot gold prices gained US$28.64 to US$1,302.8 per oz. gold on a weakening U.S. dollar. Comex copper…
TSX posts marginal gains, Dec. 27-29
Canada’s benchmark index rose 0.27% on a shortened trading week to 16,209.10.The S&P/TSX Global Mining Index gained 0.82% to 72.31 while the S&P/TSX Global Gold Index budged slightly, moving from…
US markets slip between Christmas and New Year’s
The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 25% and the S&P 500 nearly 20% in 2017. But the shortened trading week between Christmas and New Year’s saw both moving in the…
Torex ends work contracts at ELG mine in Guerrero
Torex Gold Resources (TSX: TXG) has suspended the employment contracts for its workforce in Mexico in response to an illegal blockade at its El Limon-Guajes (ELG) gold mine, 180 km…
US markets post gains, Dec. 11-15
Gold closed at US$1,255.10 per oz., up US$6.90 per oz. on the week. The Philadelphia Gold and Silver Index rose 4.1% to 80.23 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose…
TSX Venture rises, Dec 11-15
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index gained 8.27 points to a 801.23-point close, as spot gold prices rose US$7.95 to US$1,256.44 per oz., and Comex copper prices gained US16¢ to US$3.14…
TSX dips slightly, Dec. 11-15
The U.S. Federal Reserve raised interest rates 0.25% — its third rate increase this year. The central bank said it expects three more interest rate increases in 2018. Spot gold…
Editorial: Bitcoin starts to eat gold’s lunch
Gold investors, miners and explorers have for the most part spent the last few years scoffing at the global cryptocurrency revolution led by Bitcoin and others, with a certain smug…
TSX Venture logs slight decline, Nov. 27-Dec. 1
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index slipped 0.63% to a 789-point close. Gold touched US$1,300 per oz. before finishing at US$1,279.60 per ounce. LME inventories for copper, zinc and nickel were…