Following the release of official statistics showing a spike in retail sales by American merchants in July, the Treasury rates and the US dollar rose, sending gold prices further downward on Tuesday, closing at their lowest levels in more than a month.Following the release of higher than anticipated Retail Sales …
Read More »Gold continues its negative crawl 15/8/2023
As we expected, the bearish trend continues to dominate gold’s movements within the bearish technical track, bypassing the first targeted station during the previous analysis, located at 1906, recording its lowest level at $1902 per ounce. On the technical side today, by looking at the 4-hour chart, with the continuation …
Read More »Gold price around five-week low ahead of awaited US Retail Sales
Because of the US dollar’s strength and surging US Treasury bond yields, the price of gold has continued to perform worse. Because of higher rental prices, inflation increased steadily at a rate of 0.2% in July. In September, the Fed is anticipated to leave interest rates steady. The precious metal …
Read More »The strength of dollar plunged gold to its lowest level in 5 weeks
Gold prices fell on Monday, August 14, to their lowest level in more than five weeks, after the dollar and bond yields rose, ahead of the upcoming publication this week of the minutes of the US Federal Council meeting for the month of July, which may provide indications that will …
Read More »Gold starts pressing support 14/8/2023
As we expected, gold prices continue to decline, touching the official target station during last week’s trading at 1913, recording its lowest level at $1912 per ounce. On the technical side today, by looking at the 4-hour chart, with the continuation of the negative intersection of the simple moving averages, …
Read More »Financial Markets’ Weekly Recap, August 7-11
After a quiet trading week’s beginning on Monday, storms came one after another though Tuesday was ted to be quiet in terms of economic data; the first storm impacted commodities, because in response to data that suggested a potential global economic slowdown, risk appetite deteriorated on Tuesday, and the EUR/USD …
Read More »Gold closes with weekly losses on China’s slowdown-linked fears
Gold price registered losses for the third straight week, with concerns over China’s economic stability continuing to weigh on the precious metal’s price. Gold failed to build on last Friday’s gains and started the week on a bearish note. Gold is trading at $1912.90 per ounce at the time of …
Read More »Gold needs a negative catalyst 11/8/2023
The resistance levels posted during the previous repor at 1929, could limit the bullish bias, which forced gold prices to maintain the bearish path, recording its lowest level at $1910 per ounce. On the technical side today, and looking at the 4-hour chart, the Simple Moving Averages are still a …
Read More »Market Drivers Post-CPI Data, US Session, August 10
A spokesperson for Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s government said Biden’s executive order gave important clarity on the U.S. approach: “The UK will consider these new measures closely as we continue to assess potential national security risks attached to some investments.” The American dollar strengthened on Thursday, supported by higher US …
Read More »Gold positively reacts to CPI data
Gold extended its gains early on the day but the precious metal is trimming some of those after the US dollar recovers some ground as US Treasury bond yields advance. The latest inflation report for July in the US showed the CPI jumping by 3.2% YoY, below estimates and exceeded …
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