{"id":111919,"date":"2025-02-17T11:06:04","date_gmt":"2025-02-17T07:06:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/?p=111919"},"modified":"2025-02-17T11:06:07","modified_gmt":"2025-02-17T07:06:07","slug":"gold-prices-edge-higher-amid-tariff-and-geopolitical-uncertainty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/gold-prices-edge-higher-amid-tariff-and-geopolitical-uncertainty\/02\/17\/market-updates\/","title":{"rendered":"Gold Prices Edge Higher Amid Tariff and Geopolitical Uncertainty"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Gold prices<\/strong> remained <strong>firm on Monday<\/strong>, hovering <strong>just below record highs<\/strong>, as <strong>uncertainty over U.S. trade policies and interest rates kept safe-haven demand intact<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Key Price Movements (as of 00:35 ET \/ 05:35 GMT):<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Spot gold<\/strong> \u2191 <strong>0.6% to $2,901.21 per ounce<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Gold futures (April)<\/strong> \u2191 <strong>0.3% to $2,910.70 per ounce<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Market Drivers: Safe Haven Demand vs. Tariff Delays<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Tariff Uncertainty &amp; Gold\u2019s Rally<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Gold hit multiple record highs<\/strong> over the past two weeks as <strong>President Trump\u2019s tariff actions<\/strong> fueled risk aversion.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>However, <strong>Trump\u2019s delay of certain tariffs<\/strong> has led to <strong>profit-taking<\/strong>, pulling gold from its peaks.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Geopolitical Factors: Russia-Ukraine Peace Talks<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Speculation over a <strong>Russia-Ukraine peace treaty<\/strong> has slightly <strong>dented safe-haven demand<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Trump signaled that <strong>both nations are open to peace talks<\/strong>, which are expected to begin <strong>in the coming weeks<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Outlook: Gold\u2019s Near-Term Trend<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Lingering trade uncertainty and Fed rate expectations<\/strong> will continue to support <strong>gold\u2019s bullish bias<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Any escalation in geopolitical risks<\/strong> could drive <strong>fresh demand for safe-haven assets<\/strong>, potentially pushing gold back toward its <strong>record highs<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Investors will watch <strong>U.S. economic data and Federal Reserve signals<\/strong> for further direction.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gold prices remained firm on Monday, hovering just below record highs, as uncertainty over U.S. trade policies and interest rates kept safe-haven demand intact. Key Price Movements (as of 00:35 ET \/ 05:35 GMT): Spot gold \u2191 0.6% to $2,901.21 per ounce Gold futures (April) \u2191 0.3% to $2,910.70 per ounce Market Drivers: Safe Haven &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":104527,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[38,37,36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-111919","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-commodities-news","category-forex-markets","category-market-updates"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111919","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=111919"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111919\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":111921,"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111919\/revisions\/111921"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/104527"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=111919"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=111919"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=111919"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}