Spot gold remained choppier on Monday, hitting as high as 1,898.83 before settling up 0.25% at $1,894.76 an ounce as investors awaited Powell's speech at the Jackson Hole annual conference on Friday. Spot silver came out of the independent market, standing above the 23 mark, and finally closed up 2.28 percent at $23.32 an ounce.
The US dollar fell on Monday, ending the previous five weeks of continuous gains Gold prices hover around a five month low, the US Treasury yields rising put pressure on gold
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Spot gold bottomed out in Asia on Monday (August 21) after earlier hitting a fresh more than five-month low of $1,884.70 per ounce, pressured by concerns that the Federal Reserve will keep interest rates at higher levels for longer, with the dollar index holding near a more than two-month high and US Treasury yields recouped most of Friday's losses.
On Friday, spot gold traded in a near-$10 range before edging up 0.03% to $1,889.42 an ounce, its fourth straight week of declines as high U.S. Treasury yields weighed on the non-interest-bearing metal. Spot silver at last check rose 0.28 percent to $22.75 an ounce, but still suffered its biggest weekly drop in nearly two months.
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Weekly Market Outlook – Get ready for a relatively quiet week on the economic front, with the spotlight shining on the business surveys and the highly anticipated Fed’s annual economic symposium. Brace yourself, as Chairman Powell’s signals about interest rates could determine the fate of the almighty dollar! With US yields on the cusp of a breakout, this event will be one you don't want to miss!
The US dollar remained flat on Friday, but rose for the fifth consecutive week, setting a record for the longest consecutive rise in 15 months.
As the market continues to evolve, the NZD/USD pair is currently on a downward slope, teetering around 0.5930 as it awaits the upcoming US Initial Jobless Claims report. This trend follows a series of losses which have brought the pair to hit a low of 0.5903, a point not seen since November 2022.
Even amid economic difficulties, the growth in Retail Sales has been noted at 0.7%, a significant increase from the upwardly adjusted 0.1% acceleration seen in the preceding month. This performance surpasses the market forecast of 0.2%.
The EUR/GBP prolongs its losses to five consecutive trading days as sellers eye a challenge of the year-to-date (YTD) low of 0.8504, sponsored by overall Sterling (GBP) strength. Although UK’s inflation figures show signs of easing, is still high, warranting further tightening by the Bank of England (BoE). Therefore, the GBP remains strong, as witnessed by the EUR/GBP trading at 0.8530, down 0.17%.
Asian indices are looking to open soft in Thursday’s session after major US Indices extended their sell-off in Wednesdays session on stronger than expected US data and a “hawkish” FOMC minutes where Fed officials saw ‘upside risks’ to inflation possibly leading to more rate hikes.
Asian stocks tumbled as bank stocks retreated on Wall Street.
WCG Markets:2023-08-21
The US dollar index hovered near a two month high on Thursday, after the Federal Reserve meeting opened the door to further interest rate hikes, and this week's data showed resilience in the US economy; Gold prices hit a five month low, with factors such as rising US Treasury yields, a strong US dollar, and hawkish views of Federal Reserve officials on interest rates affecting investor sentiment.
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session, but still traded above and below the key $1,900 level, with both bulls and shorts unable to determine a clear direction. This comes after the Philadelphia Fed said its manufacturing survey data rose sharply into positive territory.
On Thursday, spot gold showed an inverted V-shaped trend, before the U.S. market due to the dollar lower once recovered the 1900 mark, but in the initial claims data highlighting the resilience of the U.S. labor market turned sharply down below the former low of $1891.68 per ounce, which was a new low since March 13, and ultimately closed down 0.13% at $1889.37 per ounce.