Silver Plummets 10.4%, Gold Slips 0.24%

JAKARTA (Yosefardi) – Silver ended significantly lower by 10.4% to US$21.7 per ounce Tuesday, while gold slipped 0.24% to US$1311.6 per ounce. Freeport McMoRan, owner of Grasberg mine in Papua, ended lower by 0.56% in New York, while Newmont Mining, owner of...

Oil Falls Further to Below US$94

JAKARTA (Yosefardi) – Nymex crude oil dropped further by 1% to US$93.59 per barrel Wednesday (November 5th), dragging down energy stocks worldwide. ExxonMobil slipped 0.12% in New York, while BP and Total SA lost 0.24% in London and 1.34% in Paris respectively....

Oil Falls Further 1.85% to US$94.6

JAKARTA (Yosefardi) – Nymex crude oil dropped further by 1.85% to US$94.6 per barrel in New York Friday (November 1st). Gold also declined 0.62% to US$1315 per ounce, while Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) ended higher by 0.45% to 15615. Shares of oil and gas...
Blue Chips Drag Down Index 1.73%

Blue Chips Drag Down Index 1.73%

JAKARTA (Yosefardi) – Composite index of Indonesia Stock Exchange dropped 1.7% to below 4500 this morning, dragged down by blue chip stocks. Bell weather Astra International lost 2.2% before midday break, while Bank Mandiri and BCA down 2.3% and 0.93%...

Cibuni Tea Estate Output Grows 10.6%

JAKARTA (Yosefardi) – The Cibuni tea estate in West Java province produced 655 tons of tea in the third quarter of 2013, an increase of 10.6% from the corresponding period of 2012. Sipef, owner of the estate, said tea production in nine months of 2013 inched up...

Chongqing Steel Loss Extends 45%

HONG KONG (Yosefardi) – Chongqing Iron & Steel Co Ltd, one of the largest steel producers in China, booked net loss of RMB1.7 billion in January-September 2013, extended 45% from the corresponding period of 2012 on squeezed margins. Chongqing reported sales...