The Gold Index prolonged its losses for the second successive day. Gold is struggling to stay above the $1820 mark amidst the prevalent positive market sentiment that witnessed a jump in riskier assets, weighing on safe-haven assets, particularly in the precious metal segment.Gold trades at $1820.72, recording minimal losses of …
Read More »Gold Prices Soar On Powell’s Comments
Gold is benefiting from safe-haven flows and a dialing back of an uber hawkish Fed. Fed’s chairman, Powell, has taken out 75bps rate hike speculation in markets. At $1,885, the gold price is rallying some 0.87% on the day, breaking out of sideways consolidation and taking on a critical daily …
Read More »Gold Steadies Around $1940s Despite High T-Yields, Hawkish Fed
Gold has managed to remain buoyant despite rising US Treasury yields amid an upbeat market mood, as investors shrugged off the Ukraine-Russia brawl and a hawkish Fed, which according to March’s minutes, would hike 50-bps in the May meeting as well as reducing the $9 trillion balance sheet. XAU/USD is …
Read More »Gold Price Off Its Highs On Powell’s Inflation Related Comments
Gold prices have fallen from their session highs but are still holding on to gains even as Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell signed that the central bank could aggressively tighten interest rates more than markets are expecting.The gold market appears to be taking the hawkish comments in stride. April gold …
Read More »Gold Down Ahead of Fed Meeting
The gold price is down 1.5% after falling from a high of $1,954.72 to a low of $1,907.08, slipping below a critical level on the daily chart with the downside now fully exposed. The price of oil has been falling and markets are volatile ahead of tomorrow’s US Federal Reserve …
Read More »Gold slips on Russia-Ukraine Talks And Rate Hike
Gold extended its decline on Tuesday as ceasefire talks between Russia and Ukraine slashed demand for safe-haven assets, while expectations that the US Federal Reserve would raise interest rates for the first time in three years increased pressure on the yellow metal. And the price of gold in spot transactions …
Read More »Gold Drops to The Red Zone
Gold prices fell below $1,980 an ounce on Monday, as traders braced for an upcoming Federal Reserve interest rate hike that pushed 10-year US Treasury yields above 2%. The US central bank is widely expected to raise interest rates by 25 basis points at the end of its two-day meeting …
Read More »Gold Consolidating Losses Around USD 1,950
Market players are focused on the latest on the Russia-Ukraine crisis. The US Federal Reserve is set to raise rates next Wednesday, but for how much.The Gold Index XAU/USD is trading at the lower end of its latest range and is poised to extend its slump. US traders hold on …
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