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A secular decline: Gold is still in a long-term downward trend (Part 1 of 2) Gold futures’ price action
April gold futures contracts trading on COMEX settled at $1,160.10 per ounce on Tuesday. COMEX is a commodity division of NYMEX (New York Mercantile Exchange). Prices tested the lows on November 12, 13, and 14, 2014. March 10, 2015, was the sixth down day in the last ten days. The average down days have been 0.39% more than the up days over the last ten trading sessions.
Gold hits 2015 lows
Gold prices for the April delivery settled at the day’s low—down by 0.55%. It hit the yearly low on March 10, 2015. The volume for the day totaled 170,223 contracts. It accelerated by 46,610 contracts from the last trading day.
Gold is in a long-term downward trend. It fell more than 40% from the highs in August 2011. A strong dollar and robust US economy led to a fall in gold prices. Gold’s trend has been downward in February and March 2015. It was driven by the same factors. On March 10, 2015, gold continued to trade lower due to a rising dollar. The dollar hit a 12-year high against the euro on the consensus of a rate hike by the Federal Reserve in the later half of 2015.
Key gold ETFs are affected due to lower gold prices. The ETFs include the Market Vectors Gold Miners ETF (GDX) and the iShares Gold Trust (IAU). It also impacts gold companies like Gold Fields Limited (GFI), Harmony Gold Mining Co. (HMY), and Royal Gold (RGLD). Royal Gold accounts for 4.2% of GDX.
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Harmony Gold Mining Ltd
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CODE : HMY |
ISIN : US4132163001 |
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Harmony Gold is a gold producing company based in South africa. Harmony Gold develops gold and silver in Papua New Guinea and in South Africa, and holds various exploration projects in South Africa. Its main assets in production are RANDFONTEIN UG, HARMONY 2, KALGOLD, TARGET, ELANDSKRAAL UG OPERATING SHAFT, TSHEPONG, EVANDER - 2, 3 & 5, ELANDSRAND, ELANDSKRAAL, JOEL MINE, WELKOM, EVANDER, EVANDER - MINE ON CARE, EVANDER PROJECTS BELOW INFRASTRUCTURE-EVANDER SOUTH, EVANDER STOCKPILE, BAMBANANI, PHAKISA, FREE GOLD WEST, ST HELENA, JOEL, FREE GOLD SHAFT CARE & MAINTENANCE, FREE GOLD STOCKPILE, RANDFONTEIN SURFACE STOCKPILE, ELANDSKRAAL - DEELKRAAL UG SHAFT ON CARE, ORKNEY UG OPERATING SHAFT, ORKNEY UG SHAFTS ON CARE, MERRIESPRUIT 1, MERRIESPRUIT 3, UNISEL, BRAND 3, MASIMONG, MINES ON CARE-FREE STATE, EVANDER 7, EVANDER 8, EVANDER PROJECT BELOW INFRASTRUCTURE ROLSPRUIT, EVANDER PROJECTS BELOW INFRASTRUCTURE POPLAR, EVANDER OPERATIONS, RANDFONTEIN OPERATIONS, PAMODZI (FREE STATE), DOORNKOP, EVANDER (BELOW INFRASTRUCTURE), NYALA and FREE GOLD in South Africa, HAMATA and WAFI in Papua New Guinea and SOUTH KAL MINES, UNION REEFS, BENDIGO and HIDDEN VALLEY in Australia, its main assets in development are HIDDEN VALLEY & KAVEROI in Papua New Guinea and BLOEMHOEK in South Africa and its main exploration properties are VIRGINIA OPERATIONS, PHOENIX, FREE STATE SURFACE and MIDDELVLEI in South Africa and GOLPU and NAMBONGA in Papua New Guinea. Harmony Gold is listed in France, in Germany, in United Kingdom and in United States of America. Its market capitalisation is US$ 4.0 billions as of today (€ 3.7 billions). Its stock quote reached its highest recent level on July 27, 2012 at US$ 9.99, and its lowest recent point on November 20, 2015 at US$ 0.53. Harmony Gold has 439 960 000 shares outstanding. |