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Anonymous ID: 3aa1ee Jan. 5, 2020, 6:55 p.m. No.7728193   🗄️.is đź”—kun   >>8485 >>8599

Gold, Silver, Oil soar, Nikkei shares slip as U.S. and Iran trade threats

 

Japan's Nikkei .N225 slid just over 2% in a sour return from holiday, while E-Mini futures for the S&P 500 ESc1 fell 0.5% in very choppy trade. Oil prices added to their gains on fears any conflict in the region could disrupt global supplies. Brent crude LCOc1 futures rose $1.46 to $70.06 a barrel, while U.S. crude CLc1 climbed $1.24 to $64.29.

 

Iraq’s parliament on Sunday recommended all foreign troops be ordered out of the country after the U.S. killing of a top Iranian military commander and an Iraqi militia leader. Spot gold XAU= surged 1.5% to $1,579.55 per ounce in jittery trade and reached its highest since April 2013.

Silver is up 2.1x%-cap #3-it's mentioned rarely becuase they don't want you to know.

MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan .MIAPJ0000PUS slipped 0.7%. Chinese shares opened in the red too, with the blue-chip CSI300 index .CSI300 off a shade while Australian shares were off 0.4%. Sovereign bonds benefited from the safety bid with yields on 10-year Treasuries US10YT=RR down at 1.769% having fallen 10 basis points on Friday. Treasury futures TYc1 gained 5-1/2 ticks. In currency markets, the Japanese yen remained the favored safe harbor courtesy of Japan’s massive holdings of foreign assets. Investors assume Japanese funds would repatriate their money during a true global crisis, pushing the yen higher. On Monday, the dollar was last at 107.98 yen JPY=, after falling to a three-month trough of 107.78 earlier in the session. The euro likewise eased to 120.55 yen EURJPY= having hit a three-week low. The dollar was steadier against the other majors, with the euro little changed at $1.1161 EUR=. Against a basket of currencies, the dollar was holding at 96.86 .DXY.

 

The risk sensitive currencies of Australia AUD=D3 and New Zealand NZD=D3 were on track for their fourth straight session of losses.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-markets/gold-oil-soar-shares-slip-as-u-s-and-iran-trade-threats-idUSKBN1Z40Y2

https://www.cnbc.com/quotes/?symbol=.N225

https://www.kitco.com/charts/livesilver.html

https://www.macrotrends.net/2566/crude-oil-prices-today-live-chart

 

FTSE chief executive 'earn' average salary within three days.

 

FTSE 100 chief executives starting work on 2 January will by 17:00 GMT today have been paid more than the average wage of ÂŁ29,559, the report suggests.

 

The data was compiled by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development and the High Pay Centre think tank.

 

Business Secretary Andrea Leadsom said the apparent pay gap was "concerning".

 

The figures - based on the latest available data - suggests the average FTSE 100 chief was paid ÂŁ3.46m in 2018, equivalent to ÂŁ901.30 an hour.

https://www.bbc.com/news/business-51000217

 

BOJ's Kuroda says will guide policy carefully with eye on Iran tensions

Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda said on Monday the central bank would conduct monetary policy “carefully” while scrutinising overseas economic risks, such as escalating tensions between the United States and Iran.

 

“Conditions regarding the U.S.-China trade tensions and geopolitical risks are such that we can’t have any preset idea on how things could unfold,” Kuroda said in brief remarks at a New Year’s gathering of commercial bankers.

https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-japan-economy-boj/bojs-kuroda-says-will-guide-policy-carefully-with-eye-on-iran-tensions-idUKKBN1Z506I