Gold prices are holding steady but remain in negative territory as the Federal Reserve said it will taper monthly bond purchases.FOMC decided to begin tapering by $10 billion for Treasury securities and $5 billion for agency mortgage-backed securities.Along with the tapering announcement, the Federal Reserve also kept interest rates unchanged …
Read More »Gold Touches The First Target, Eyes on Fed
The pivotal resistance at 1799 managed to put selling pressure on gold prices, heading towards touching the first awaited target at 1781, recording its lowest level at 1779. Technically, we notice the continuation of the clear negative pressures on the simple moving averages, and we find the 50-day moving average …
Read More »Market Drivers – U. S. Session 02-11-2021
Global financial markets positively closed the U. S. trading session. U. S. shares surged while currencies fluctated over risk sentiment, with the exception of the U. S. dollar, which uniqely performed. Economic DataThere was hardly any economic data impacting price movements in the US period, but the markets are awaiting …
Read More »Dubai TV Interview, Nov. 1, 2021
Hosted by Dubai TV, Mohamed Hashad, Director of Research and Development at Noor Capital, said that there are factors that could pressure oil prices during the upcoming period. Given that it is one of the most traded assets in the markets, it is sensible that oil prices occupy traders and …
Read More »Gold is Stable Below Resistance
Positive attempts for the yellow metal in the previous session, retesting the main resistance level at 1799, recording its highest level at 1795. Technically, and carefully looking at the 4-hour chart, we notice the 50-day moving average is still an obstacle for gold to achieve further rise. We also find …
Read More »Market Drivers – U. S. Session – 02-11-2021
Financial markets stayed calm, on Monday, ahead the storm of three central bank meetings this week; the Reserve Bank of Australia meets Tuesday, the U. S. Fed on Wednesday and the Bank of England Thursday.Global stock markets rose helped by developments on fiscal stimulus and undeterred by concerns of future …
Read More »Gold is Facing Selling Pressure
Negative trading dominated gold prices last week in the previous trading session after it failed to maintain stability above the 1799 resistance level, forcing it to trade negatively again. Technically, we tend to the negativity, according to the stability of trading below 1799, the main resistance represented by the 50.0% …
Read More »Market Drivers – U. S. Session 29-10-2021
Fresh attacks and partisan row are ahead for U. S. economy as Republicans lawmakers and strategists are capitalizing on news that the economy expanded at a weak pace in Q3 to criticize Biden and Democrats, accusing them of unskilled recovery tactics from the pandemic recession. The U. S. Dollar Index …
Read More »Strong USD pushes XAU/USD below $1,800 despite lower U. S. yields
The Gold Index (XAU/USD) has slid during the New York session, down almost 1%, trading at $1,782. Earlier in the session, gold reached a fresh weekly low at $1,771 but bounced off the lows to stabilize at current levels.Risk-off market sentiment ignited a flight towards safe-haven assets, but it failed …
Read More »Gold is Looking For Signals
Gold prices found a strong resistance level around 1810, which forced it to trade negatively during the early trading of the current session, and it is now hovering around its lowest level during the session at 1792. Technically, and with a closer look at the 240-minute chart, we find the …
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