WTI crude oil is settling at $97.01; highest since July 29. Continuing clashes in the Libyan capital, Tripoli, are threatening oil supply, moreover, the OPEC+ meeting is also a concern as Saudi Arabia has threatened production cuts. Earlier on Monday, WTI oil moved above the $96 level as traders focused …
Read More »Gold Back Under Pressure In New York Session
Gold price is bending below the European highs of $1,745.55. The precious metal is now losing 0.10% at the time of writing while the US dollar firms again, basing itself on a key measure versus a basket of rival currencies. Gold trades heavy in a bearish territory with potential demand …
Read More »Gold still under Jackson Hole hawkish effect
Gold price bounced from five-week lows on Monday, amidst a downbeat market mood, after last Friday’s hawkish remarks by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, spurred a fall in equities, propelling the greenback and US Treasury bond yields to fresh weekly highs. At the time of writing, XAU/USD is trading at …
Read More »Gold falls to its lowest level in a month due to the recovery of USD
Gold prices fell on Monday to their lowest level in a month, after the continued tightening of monetary policy to reduce inflation led to the decline in the attractiveness of the non-yielding precious metal and the rise of the dollar. And gold fell in spot transactions 0.9 percent to $ …
Read More »Gold surrenders to the strength of USD 29/8/2022
We adhered to intraday neutrality during the last report due to the conflicting technical signals, clarifying and warning that gold prices would break $1747 support level, targeting $1732, so that gold began the first trading sessions of this week to incur significant losses, recording the lowest $1723 during the morning …
Read More »Financial Markets’ Weekly Recap, August 22-26
Crude oil was the winner of the week on signs of improving fuel demand, so oil surpassed the performance of all other assets, although some market expectations actually occurred during the past week and some other expectations did not.Energy PricesAfter starting the week near the previous week’s lows, oil attempted …
Read More »Gold loses nearly $25 per ounce after Powell’s speech
After dropping nearly $25 following the highly anticipated speech by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, gold could be at risk of falling to $1,600 an ounce unless buyers step in to buy the dip, according to analysts. The Fed chair wants to avoid the mistakes of the 1970s, which is …
Read More »Gold Price Abandons $1750 On Powell’s Speech
Volatility has soared after key US inflation data and following Jerome Powell’s Jackson Hole speech. Fed Chair keeps hawkish tone and stance, reiterating that high interest rates will persist for some time in the battle against hot inflation.At the time of writing, gold even trades between $1739.90 and $1741.10. Gold …
Read More »Gold stabilizes as investors await the Federal Reserve’s speech
Gold prices stabilized on Friday despite the precious metal’s trend for a weekly gain, with investors focused largely on the Jackson Hole seminar for clues about the US Federal Reserve’s policy to curb inflation. Spot gold consolidated at $1,757.99 an ounce at 0624 GMT, but rose 0.6 percent so far …
Read More »Gold is looking for a stronger signal 26/8/2022
We remained neutral and preferred to monitor the price behaviour for the second session in a row due to the conflicting technical signals, explaining that the confirmation of the bullish corrective bias that occurred yesterday depends on the consolidation above 1758, targeting 1761 and 1767 respectively, to record gold at …
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