A bearish trend dominated gold prices to touch the awaited weekly target at 1615, recording its lowest level during the last session’s trading of 1616. Technically: Gold’s movements witnessed a bullish rebounding tendency to the upside as a result of touching the main support of the current trading levels represented …
Read More »Market Drivers – US Session 03/11/2022
The markets focused on the Bank of England on Thursday. BoE hiked its benchmark rate by 75 bps as expected. However, policymakers downwardly revised the growth forecast, anticipating the recession will continue into the future. The EURUSD pair hovers around 0.9750 after falling to 0.9729. Commodity-linked currencies extended their slides …
Read More »Gold Price falls on the stronger US Dollar
Gold price has become at the mercy of Federal Reserve’s tightening as the US Dollar extended its gains. The US ISM Services index remained at expansionary territory, but it’s decelerating. Gold price falls after the hawkish remarks by Fed’s Jerome Powell, who said that the “ultimate level of rates would …
Read More »Gold is facing selling pressure 3/11/2022
Gold prices witnessed mixed movements during the previous trading session, influenced by the Federal Reserve’s decision to raise interest rates by 75 basis points for the fourth time this year. Technically, trading quickly returned to stability below the strong supply area published during all technical reports for the current week …
Read More »Gold retreats from weekly highs on Fed’s rate decision
The Gold Index, XAU/USD hit a daily high at $1669 before erasing its gains later as traders are digesting the remarks by Fed Chair Jerome Powell and the Fed’s rate policy statement.If XAU/USD clears the $1617.30 support, a re-test of $1600 is potential. Gold price erased Tuesday’s gains following the …
Read More »Gold is in a sideways range, all eyes on Fed 2/11/2022
Negative trading continues to dominate gold’s movements within the expected bearish context, to find the price traded negatively as soon as it approached the pivotal resistance level at 1660, which forced it to retest 1630. Technically, and by looking at the 4-hour chart, we notice the 50-day simple moving average …
Read More »Gold price clings to gains after positive US economic data
Gold price advances in the North American session benefiting from the retreating US Treasury yields which weakened the US dollar, following the release of solid US data, specifically factory activity. Traders observed a risk-on in the equities market, spurred by speculations that China is adjusting to exit its zero-tolerance Covid-19 …
Read More »Gold rises in light of the decline in the dollar and bond yields Ahead of FED meeting
Gold prices rose on Tuesday as the US dollar and bond yields declined, although investors were cautious as markets awaited policy expectations from the Federal Reserve’s two-day meeting starting later Tuesday. And gold rose in immediate trading 0.5% to $ 1641.43 an ounce by 0548 GMT, after earlier touching its …
Read More »Gold prices are heading towards achieving their seventh monthly loss in a row
Gold prices headed for a 7th consecutive monthly loss Monday, October 31st due to pressure from inflated US interest rates as cautious investors focus on the US Federal Reserve meeting for clues on its future position. The price of gold settled in spot transactions at $ 1642.55 an ounce at …
Read More »Gold retreats as US dollar strengthens
Gold futures on the COMEX division of the New York Mercantile Exchange fell on Friday as the US dollar and US Treasury yields surged. The most active gold contract for December delivery fell 20.8 U.S. dollars, or 1.25 percent, to close at $1645.20 per ounce at the time of writing …
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