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Jeff Mason is a White House Correspondent for Reuters and the 2016-2017 president of the White House Correspondents’ Association. He was the lead Reuters correspondent for President Barack Obama's 2012 campaign and interviewed the president at the White House in 2015. Jeff has been based in Washington since 2008, when he covered the historic race between Obama, Hillary Clinton and John McCain. Jeff started his career in Frankfurt, Germany, where he covered the airline industry before moving to Brussels, Belgium, where he covered the European Union. He is a Colorado native, proud graduate of Northwestern University and former Fulbright scholar.
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Gold falls on strong dollar, higher U.S. yields
NEW YORK/LONDON Gold slumped to a five-week low on Wednesday as the dollar jumped and U.S. Treasury yields continued to rise on signs of U.S. economic strength and an easing in the U.S.-China trade conflict.
U.S. gold coin sales slide as stock markets show more luster
NEW YORK/LONDON U.S. retail investors are losing their appetite for physical gold as buoyant stock markets offer tempting alternatives, sending sales of newly minted coins to their lowest in a decade.
U.S. gold coin sales slide as stock markets show more lustre
NEW YORK/LONDON, April 25 U.S. retail investors are losing their appetite for physical gold as buoyant stock markets offer tempting alternatives, sending sales of newly minted coins to their lowest in a decade.
Gold gains as dollar retreats amid rising yields
NEW YORK/LONDON Gold prices gained after three days of losses on Tuesday as the dollar retreated from an earlier three-month peak and U.S. equities weakened, even as benchmark U.S. Treasury yields passed 3 percent for the first time in more than four years.
Silver price could increase in 2018 on safe-haven demand -CPM
NEW YORK, April 24 The price of silver will depend heavily on trends in investment demand in 2018, but could get a boost from international political and economic risk purchases, CPM Group said on Tuesday.
Palladium plunges as U.S. hints at Russia sanctions relief
NEW YORK/LONDON Palladium sank more than 5 percent on Monday amid U.S. hints it might relieve sanctions on Russia's Rusal , while gold hit a two-week low as investors piled into the dollar with U.S. Treasury yields approaching 3 percent.
Gold slips on U.S. rate rise view, easing global tensions
NEW YORK/LONDON Gold prices eased on Friday and were on track to end the week lower as the dollar advanced on expectations of higher U.S. interest rates and market players grew a bit less worried about global political and security risks.
Gold advances on technical buying, light safe haven demand
NEW YORK/LONDON Gold prices rose to a one-week high on Wednesday on technical trading and some safe-haven demand even as the dollar held on to gains and stocks rose on risk appetite.
Gold trending up, but still stalled by hawkish Fed
NEW YORK Gold has risen more than 3 percent this year, buoyed by international tensions and volatility in equities, but has yet to emerge from a tight trading range in the face of an expectation for rising U.S. interest rates, traders say.
Gold falls from 11-week high on stronger dollar, profit-taking
NEW YORK/LONDON Gold retreated from an 11-week high on Thursday, with investors booking profits as the U.S. dollar gained, but bullion's losses were limited as investors remained worried about rising military tensions in Syria and lingering concerns of a trade war with China.
Markets
- Asia
- U.S.
- Europe
- Sectors
| DOW | 24,362.08 |
+
278.25 |
+1.16% |
| S&P 500 | 2,668.77 |
+
29.37 |
+1.11% |
| NASDAQ | 7,118.81 |
+
115.08 |
+1.64% |
| TR US Index | 237.18 |
+
1.88 |
+0.80% |
Sector Summary
| Energy |
+0.57%
|
| Basic Materials |
+0.34%
|
| Industrials |
+0.23%
|
| Cyclical Goods & Services |
+0.82%
|
| Non-Cyclical Goods & Services |
+0.78%
|
| Financials |
+0.37%
|
| Healthcare |
+0.97%
|
| Technology |
+2.09%
|
| Telecoms |
-1.21%
|
| Utilities |
+1.05%
|