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FLASH: Gold Up, USD Up, Crude Oil Up, Stocks Up

Headlines

• Crude Oil rises as US retail sales ease recession fears
• Asia stocks up in stimulus speculation
• Gold heads for 3rd weekly gainer on trade, growth concerns
• Dollar index higher

Gold: Gold prices dipped Friday but were headed for a 3rd consecutive weekly gainer, as fears over a global economic slowdown and a lack of clarity on the US-China trade dispute boosted the precious Yellow metal’s safe-haven appeal.

• Spot gold was down 0.3% at $1,518.60 per ounce as of 0537 GMT, but is up nearly 1.5% so far this week after rising in the prior weeks,
• US gold futures inched down 0.1% to $1,529.10 oz

Gold is consolidating here. The important consideration is that none of the headwinds have gone away; the tariffs got delayed a bit, but the underlying trade dispute remains and lower yields are supportive gold.

Energy: Crude Oil prices rose Friday following 2 days of decliners, buoyed after data showing an increase in retail sales in the US helped dampen concerns about a recession in the world’s biggest economy.

• ICE Brent crude LCOc1 was up 52c, or 0.9%, at $58.75 bbl at 0352 GMT,
• NYMEX WTI Crude Oil CLc1 was up 65c or 1.2%, at $55.12 bbl.

The price of Brent is up nearly 10% YTD thanks to supply cuts led by OPEC+ and allies. In July, OPEC+ agreed to extend output cuts until March 2020 to prop up prices

Equities:  Asian shares found footing Friday after a volatile week as China hinted at more support for its economy, amid growing expectations of aggressive stimulus from all the major central banks.

A bounce in US and European stock futures also helped, with E-Minis for the S&P 500 up 0.55% and the EUROSTOXX 50 rising 0.5%.

MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares sans Japan responded by edging up 0.2%, though it was still down 1% on the week.

Japan’s Nikkei recouped early losses adding 0.09%, while Shanghai blue chips rose 0.7%.

Currencies: Vs a basket of 6 peer currencies, .DXY, edged higher. Since hitting a 3-week low on 9 August index has recovered, rising 1.1%.

Commodities (quotes): Metals, Energy, and Agriculture Grains

Have a terrific weekend

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