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Metal Futures - September 2011
- Gold futures edge up as volatile September ends: [2011 Sep 30 07:16 AM] Gold futures were driving higher on Friday morning, last-ditch efforts perhaps to salvage the precious metal's worst monthly performance in three years. Read more
- Gold futures projected to climb amid strengthening demand: [2011 Sep 28 07:09 AM] Wednesday is likely to see gold futures rise in price amid stronger demand for bullion after sharp losses in the end of last week and this past Monday. Read more
- Gold futures climb after rough three-day period: [2011 Sep 27 05:28 AM] Gold futures reversed sharp losses from three consecutive sessions on Tuesday and climbed in value amid demand for the commodity at lower prices. Read more
- Gold, silver futures begin wrapping up rough September: [2011 Sep 26 06:51 AM] Precious metals were dropping in value to kick off the final week of September, a month that has seen gold alone lose almost one-fifth of its value since touching all-time highs during the first week of the month. Read more
- Gold futures dive as dollar strengthens: [2011 Sep 23 08:39 AM] Gold futures dropped to their lowest value since early last month as part of a sell-off that saw the entire commodities market ravaged. Read more
- Decreased industrial metals demand pulls down copper futures: [2011 Sep 22 09:39 AM] Copper futures dropped to their lowest prices in 12 months on Thursday as global economic issues are proving to be harmful to industries that make use of the reddish metal. Read more
- Gold, silver futures suffer consequences of stimulus: [2011 Sep 22 08:43 AM] Thursday saw gold prices plunge in value, which Reuters attributed to the aftermath of the U.S. Federal Reserve's newly announced plan to spur the economy and create growth. Read more
- Fed set to adjourn policy meeting with announcement likely to impact gold futures: [2011 Sep 21 07:36 AM] All eyes are falling on the U.S. Federal Reserve for a Wednesday afternoon announcement as the body wraps up two days of meetings set to boost the sluggish U.S. economy. Read more
- Gold futures lift after Italy's credit slashed: [2011 Sep 20 08:09 AM] Gold prices edged higher Tuesday morning and are poised to climb on the latest damage inflicted by the sovereign debt crisis: Standard & Poor's ratings service reduced the sovereign debt ratings of Italy. Read more
- Debt crisis pushes up gold futures: [2011 Sep 19 06:49 AM] The sovereign debt crisis posing dangers for Greece pushed up gold futures Monday morning. Read more
- Gold futures drop to three-week lows on news of liquidity for euro zone banks: [2011 Sep 16 08:34 AM] Gold futures sank below the $1,800 per troy ounce threshold amid efforts to inject liquidity into European banks reduced demand for bullion as a storage haven. Read more
- Copper futures benefit from German, French leaders supporting Greece: [2011 Sep 15 03:13 PM] Labor disputes at copper mines pushed up the industrial metal's futures on Thursday. Read more
- Gold futures edge down after Merkel, Sarkozy reassure Papandreou: [2011 Sep 15 07:53 AM] The leaders of the European nations hosting the region's two top economies told the prime minister of Greece that the Aegean nation will remain a member of the European Union even if it defaults, which dragged down gold futures on Thursday morning. Read more
- Strengthening dollar likely to drop gold futures on Wednesday: [2011 Sep 14 09:04 AM] Wednesday is likely to see gold futures lose value because of the growing strength of the world's reserve currency. Read more
- Gold futures benefit from new buyer demand: [2011 Sep 13 08:06 AM] Worries about increased likelihood that the sovereign debt crisis is widening pushed up gold futures on Tuesday. Read more
- Gold to touch $2k in October, banks' analyses indicate: [2011 Sep 12 11:54 AM] Gold futures will stumble during the remainder of this month before ultimately achieving the long-awaited, much anticipated $2,000 per troy ounce milestone next month, states technical analyses. Read more
- Gold futures slip in value as European debt concerns persist: [2011 Sep 12 08:39 AM] Gold futures kicked off the week on the downswing after investors compensated for equity losses by selling holdings of the precious metal. Read more
- Copper futures drop following blasé speeches by Obama, Bernanke: [2011 Sep 12 07:51 AM] Uninspiring speeches by the U.S. president and the chairman of the Federal Reserve last week pushed down copper futures the most in four weeks. Read more
- Gold stumbles amid uncertainty after Obama speech: [2011 Sep 09 03:37 PM] Gold dropped substantially in the wake of U.S. President Barack Obama's speech on jobs. Read more
- Gold futures rebound after two-day dive: [2011 Sep 08 06:57 AM] Gold futures gained in value Thursday morning, reversing 48 hours of dives that totaled 4.4 percent of the precious metal's value. Read more
- Gold futures back off all-time highs set Tuesday: [2011 Sep 07 06:23 AM] Gold futures fell from their record-high prices on Wednesday, dropping in value as investors capitalized on Tuesday's record-setting session by selling their holdings to collect the gains. Read more
- Copper futures unlikely to revert to record prices from February: [2011 Sep 06 09:21 AM] New concerns about the sovereign debt crisis tearing through the euro zone drew down copper futures on Tuesday as raw material demand slipped with optimism about prospects of the global economic recovery. Read more
- Gold futures set all-time highs as Italy falls under debt scrutiny: [2011 Sep 06 06:15 AM] Concerns about the sovereign debt crisis ensnaring additional nations pushed gold futures to record highs on Tuesday morning. Read more
- Labor Department's jobless claims report to influence gold futures: [2011 Sep 02 05:41 AM] Friday saw gold futures driving higher in value yet a U.S. Labor Department jobless claims report for the month of August is likely to push the price of bullion one way or the other depending on the data. Read more
- Copper futures slip as manufacturing in metals to consumer falls: [2011 Sep 01 08:58 AM] Copper futures dropped in value for the first time in one week amid worries about reduced demand from China, host of the globe's most rapidly growing economy which is attempting to rein in inflation. Read more
- Gold futures begin September edging down in value: [2011 Sep 01 05:24 AM] Gold futures slipped to kick off September, dropping in value Thursday morning amid conjecture that the central bank of the U.S. is set to employ strategies to spur growth. Read more
