Zwischendurch mal ne bessere Nachricht von der Gold"front":
Hedging reduziert.
Aber: Barrick immer noch mit riesigem Hedgebook!
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(AFX UK Focus) 2005-11-07 02:00 GMT:
Global gold hedge books fall in Q3 as forward sales plunge, options rise- GFMS
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SYDNEY (AFX) - The level of hedging by global gold producers decreased by a net 0.99 mln ounces in the September quarter, Gold Field Mineral Services analysts said.
They said a large slump in gold forward sales, falling 1.62 mln ounces in the September quarter, was slightly offset by an increase in gold option instruments of 0.63 mln ounces.
GFMS senior analyst Bruce Alway said the fall in forward sales in the September quarter was expected, with the major global gold producers delivering into scheduled contracts.
He said AngloGold Ashanti, Newcrest, Placer Dome and Barrick, who together account for just over 72 pct of total gold producer hedge books, cut back their forward commitments in the September quarter by about 1.1 mln ounces.
Alway said the increase in net vanilla option positions of gold producers in the September quarter was against the trend over more than 10 consecutive quarters, rising due to a book restructure along with some limited new hedging.
He said net vanilla options increased ?(by 0.67 mln ounces in the September quarter, resulting from a wider contango - the difference between US interest rates and gold lease rates - and the higher gold price.
The GFMS survey showed the price used to value the option contracts at the end of September rose to 473.25 usd an ounce from 437.10 an ounce at the end of the June quarter.
Always said the amount of non-vanilla option instruments, which in nominal terms account for nine pct of the total options position, declined by a modest 35,000 ounces.
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