Gold and copper on a tear in a bumper week for commodities

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Gold and copper on a tear in a bumper week for commodities

Hard commodities, led by copper and gold, marched higher this week as inflation fears rose and the U.S. dollar fell, driving the price of copper through the US$5 per pound mark and gold to...
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Gold, copper up in unison as latest Trump tariff trouble rocks markets

Gold shone again this week against a background of turmoil caused by trade war uncertainty and the midweek fall of the Australian stock market into a technical correction, a point reached when values drop...
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Big copper price jump tells tale of trade wars and a call to arms

Copper, gold, and the German stock market were the three big winners in another week of dramatic events orchestrated by U.S. President Donald Trump with more to come as he reshapes the world with...
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Listless resource stocks show there’s one thing certain about uncertainty

Deal flow and “corporate migration” were the positive themes in another week of investment uncertainty which weighed on everything, including gold....
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Perth a resources city of two tales as Chalice cheers while MinRes bring tears

One returning star. One falling star. They were the highlights of a difficult week on the Australian stock market as a few home truths about rising costs and falling commodity prices delivered a sharp...
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Warnings of peak gold grow louder amid signs that shorters are moving in

Peak gold in the current cycle could be approaching as a feeding frenzy of late comers to the gold party drives the price up to US$2918 an ounce, masking a flash of warning signals...
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Gold races towards US$3000/oz amid uncertainty about what Donald does next

Gold raced towards a once unthinkable US$3000 an ounce in another wild week on financial markets as U.S. President Donald Trump added Gaza to his proposed remodeling of the world’s real estate with moves...
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Uranium shorts could catch fire and blow up some very big bets

Investors were put through the ringer this week as politics heated up, Australian interest rates looked like cooling down, China threatened a tech-wreck, and uranium got more interesting as a shorts squeeze appeared to...
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Two sides to bullion boom as rising gold stocks contrast with widespread nervousness

Gold spoke loudly this week as Donald Trump returned to the White House, rising in U.S. dollars to within sight of an all-time high, and doing just that in Australian dollars....
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Rising US copper price reflects growing market optimism, fuelled by US inflation data and Gaza deal

Hints of a significant rally in financial markets surfaced this week, led by strength in the uranium, gold, lithium and iron ore markets, with a clearer picture likely when the world discovers whether Donald...