WTI Drops First Time in Three Days as Discount to Brent Widens

Bloomberg (28/10) -- West Texas Intermediate oil fell for the first time in three days as New York crude’s discount to London-traded Brent futures widened.

Futures slid as much as 0.4 percent in New York. WTI capped a 2.9 percent decline last week, the most in five weeks, as rising production boosted inventories in the U.S.

Iraq’s crude exports last month dropped to 62.1 million barrels amid maintenance, Asim Jihad, a spokesman for the oil ministry, said in an e-mail yesterday.

WTI for December delivery fell as much as 34 cents to $97.51 a barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. It was at $97.59 at 11:08 a.m. Sydney time. The contract rose 0.8 percent to $97.85 on Oct. 25, trimming its weekly decline. The volume of all futures traded was about 22 percent below the 100-day average.

Brent for December settlement gained 5 cents to $106.98 a barrel on the London-based ICE Futures Europe exchange. The European benchmark crude was at a premium of $9.42 to WTI futures, up from $9.08 on Oct. 25.

Emas Spot Naik Tertinggi Lima Pekan Terakhir, Perak naik

Bloomberg (28/10) – Komoditi emas untuk pengiriman cepat telah mengalami gain sebanyak 0.7% ke level $1,360/oz, merupakan level yang tertingginya sejak tanggal 20 September yang lalu.(tito)

•Perdagangan sedikit berubah dilevel $1,351.71/oz
•Perak Spot naik 0.2% ke level$22.5975/oz

Spot Gold Climbs to Highest in Five Weeks as Silver Advances

Bloomberg (28/10) -- Gold for immediate delivery gains as much as 0.7% to $1,360/oz, highest since Sept. 20.

•Trades little changed at $1,351.71/oz
•Spot silver advances 0.2% to $22.5975/oz
 

Saham Naik lagi Pekan ini: Rekor Penutupan S&P

NEW YORK (26/10) - MarketWatch – Saham A.S menutup pekan lainnya dengan gain beserta dengan index S&P 500 yang berada pada rekor tertingginya pasca laba dari perusahaan besar disektor teknologi Microsoft Corp. dan juga Amazon.com Inc. yang termasuk dalam pendapatan laba yang melebihi estimasi.

“ini merupakan market saham yang cukup baik jika kita melihat pada laba, suku bunga dan rasio pendapatan harga,” menurut pernyataan dari Hugh Johnson, ketua dari Hugh Johnson Advisors LLC.

Johnson mengatakan bahwa kondisi ekonomi A.S akan menjadi sebuah fokus ketika para investor melihat pada angka dibulan Oktober yang direncanakan untuk dirilis dalam pekan pertama dibulan November, pihak yang menambahkan market juga akan menghadapi angin haluan dari “ketidakpastian terhadap apa yang akan diputuskan oleh Washington” dalam menghadapi masalah anggaran pada akhir tahun dan memasuki awal 2014.

Sementara itu saham Dow Jones Industrial Average naik 0.4% sebanyak 61.07 poin ke level 15,570.28, index S&P juga bertambah 0.4% sebanyak 7.7 poin ke level 1,759.77, selain itu index Nasdaq Composite juga gain 0.4% sebanyak 14.40 poin ke level 3,943.36. (tito)

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Stocks up for another week; S&P closes at record

NEW YORK (26/10) - MarketWatch - U.S. stocks finished another week of gains with the S&P 500 index at record highs after earnings from large technology companies Microsoft Corp. and Amazon.com Inc. included better-than-expected revenue.

'It's a fine stock market if you just look at earnings, interest rates and price-earnings ratios,' said Hugh Johnson, chairman of Hugh Johnson Advisors LLC.

The U.S. economy will be a focus when investors take a look at October numbers slated for release in the first week of November, said Johnson, who adds the market will also face headwinds from 'uncertainty over what is Washington going to decide' in facing budget issues at the end of the year and into early 2014.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 61.07 points, or 0.4%, to 15,570.28. The S&P 500 added 7.7 points, or 0.4%, to 1,759.77. The Nasdaq Composite gained 14.40 points, or 0.4%, to 3,943.36.

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