Gold Silver Reports (GSR) – Vedanta Declines Ahead Of Quarterly Results Announcement – Shares of the base metal producer extended declines for the second day and fell as much as 2.1 percent to Rs 277.35, ahead of its March quarter results announcement. Analysts surveyed by Bloomberg predict the company’s net profit to decline 13.7 percent on a yearly basis to Rs 2,579 crore.
Gold Silver Reports (GSR) – Hong Kong Plows $1.2 Billion Into Defending Currency to Little Effect — The city’s dollar traded near HK$7.85 per greenback at 12:23 p.m. local time, the level that can spur buying by the de facto central bank. The Hong Kong Monetary Authority has spent HK$9.7 billion ($1.2 billion) mopping up local dollars since the weak end of the band was reached on Thursday for the first time since 2005. The pace of intervention shows outflows are bigger than people had thought, according to China Everbright Bank Co.
Gold Silver Reports (GSR) – Japanese and South Korean shares led gains in the region and Australian equities advanced, with markets in China and Hong Kong closed Thursday for holidays. The S&P 500 Index swung from a loss to close up 1.2 percent, and 10-year Treasury yields turned higher, after traders’ optimism grew that the U.S. and China will step back from the brink of a trade war. Representatives from China and the U.S. left the door open for a negotiated solution to avoid tariff proposals that wouldn’t take effect for months.
Gold Silver Reports (GSR) – Asia Stocks Bounce from 2-month Lows as U.S.-China Trade War Fears Ease – Sentiment was lifted as the United States expressed willingness to negotiate a resolution to the trade fight after the proposed U.S. tariffs on $50 billion in Chinese goods prompted a quick response from Beijing that it would retaliate by targeting key American imports.
Gold Silver Reports — Gold sales by retailers in Hong Kong are forecast to experience in 2016 the worst downturn in at least 15 years as fewer mainland shoppers spend less money on jewelry.