Remarkable declines dominated gold prices, posting huge losses within the expected bearish trend during the last analysis, touching the official target at $1660/ounce and approaching by a few points from the second target of $1650, recording its lowest level at $1654 per ounce. On the technical side today, stochastic is …
Read More »Financial Markets’ Weekly Recap, September 12-16
The dollar rose slightly against the yen on Thursday after data showed a more-than-expected recovery in US retail sales in August, while the Swiss franc reached its highest level against the euro since 2015. Retail Sales in the US stayed increased by 0.3% to $683.3 billion in August, the data …
Read More »Market Drivers – US Session 16/09/2022
Most investors are worried about an aggressive Fed’s hike that could knock the US economy into a recession. At the time of writing, the USD/CAD is trading at 1.3293, above its opening price by 0.51%. The Canadian dollar weakened versus the solid US dollar, piercing the 1.3300 mark briefly during …
Read More »Gold could slide further if Fed hikes more than 75 bps
Gold has been trading below the $1,700 mark for three days. Gold is now trading at $1677.15. The Fed policymakers will meet next week, and an increase of 75 basis points is broadly anticipated. Strategists at Commerzbank have examined how the precious metal could react to such a move. “If …
Read More »Gold stable near the lowest level in two years
Gold prices stabilized on Friday, near their lowest level in more than two years, and are on track to record their worst weekly performance in two months, after expectations of a large interest rate hike by the Federal Reserve (the US central bank) raised bond yields. Which extinguishes the luster …
Read More »Gold continues to creep negative 16/9/2022
Gold prices incurred heavy losses yesterday amid selling within the bearish directional movement, as we expected, bypassing the official target station 1680, heading near the next station 1650, to settle for its lowest level at $1660 per ounce. On the technical side, the simple moving averages still support the daily …
Read More »Shift from ‘soft landing’ to ‘hard landing’ impacting gold
Gold fell nearly $40 from daily highs and hit more than two-year lows under pressure from aggressive rate hike expectations as the US dollar and Treasury yields climbed. The precious metal closed at $1696.79 on Wednesday, and on Thursday was unable to break the $1,700 line, instead the price action …
Read More »Gold Deteriorates To Two Year Lows Below $1670
Gold and silver prices were lower in early U.S. trading Thursday, with gold falling to a seven-week low hitting $1667 per ounce versus Wednesday’s closing price at $1696.79. The soaring US dollar index along with rising Treasury yields and some hotter US inflation data, have all combined to keep gold …
Read More »Gold: Selling pressure continues 15/9/2022
The technical outlook is unchanged, and there was no change in gold’s movements, maintaining the negative stability below the $1700 level per ounce, to start today’s session with a stable bearish tendency around its lowest level during the early trading of the current session at 1690. Technically, the simple moving …
Read More »Market Drivers – US Session 14/09/2022
The US dollar that fell to the 109.257 low, but did not stay down for long on Wednesday, the Dollar Index rallied back to test the 109.70s in New York. Technically, the index is on course for the 109.90s again ahead of what is expected to be a hawkish Fed’s …
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