Kitco News

(Kitco News) – The gold market is ending the week near the top of its two-week range and some analysts expect prices can continue to climb higher as the U.S. dollar is in its last gasps of a rally.

Gold futures prices ended the U.S. day session with solid gains Friday, hit a two-week high and closed at a technically bullish weekly high close.

Wall Street and Main Street remain bullish in the weekly Kitco News gold survey.

(Kitco News) – The New York region’s manufacturing sector found new momentum in February, according to the latest data from the New York Federal Reserve.

Pretium Resources Inc. (TSX, NYSE: PVG) reports a profit in the fourth quarter and full-year 2018, the first full year of operations for the company’s Brucejack Mine in British Columbia.

Gold prices are moderately higher and at their weekly highs in early U.S. trading Friday.

Bitcoin-U.S. dollar prices are again near steady in early trading Friday.

Copper prices will surge in the next six years, peaking at $10,000 per tonne amid lack of supply and increasing demand for green technology, Capital Economics said in a report.

Investors should be aware that it is the love trade that drives gold demand, said U.S. Global Investors CEO Frank Holmes, adding that the North American market could be waking up to this soon.

Yamana Gold Inc. (TSX: YRI; NYSE: AUY) late Thursday reported an adjusted profit in the fourth quarter, although a loss when factoring in impairments and other special charges.