
Congratulations! Gold has just opened a new era... or, rather, reopened...
On Tuesday, gold slipped notwithstanding soaring worries as for trade clashes between America as well as other key economies of the world. America is about to put 25% duties on $34 billion worth of exports from China on Friday.
As a matter of fact, August delivery gold futures dived by 0.17% on the Comex exchange coming up with an outcome of $1,239.60 a troy ounce.
In times of economic uncertainty many people rush to purchase gold as a universal safe-haven asset.
At the same time, tracking the greenback’s purchasing potential against six main currencies, the USD index showed 94.67, adding 0.07%.
Some financial analysts pointed out that there's a powerful nuance of 'risk off' provoked by trade worries behind the greenback’s latest ascend. It’s apparent that the major American currency has managed to tack on only due to the fact that emerging market along with commodity currencies has dived because of risk aversion.
Greenback-denominated assets, including the most popular precious metal have always strongly reacted to any fluctuations in the value of the US currency. A leap in the evergreen buck gold more costly for those folks who hold foreign currencies, therefore decreasing demand for the number one precious commodity.
That’s all about the demand for the UK currency rather than any news specific. Gold is extremely vulnerable in this tough environment, as some financial analysts pointed out.
In addition to this, the US major financial institution, the Federal Reserve is highly anticipated to have its interest rates lifted at least four times in 2018. A great number of financial analysts are assured that the given move of the major bank would probably further suppress gold prices.
As for other precious metal trading, silver futures didn’t change, sticking with $15.835 a troy ounce. Platinum futures sank by 1.84% hitting $805.70 an ounce.
Congratulations! Gold has just opened a new era... or, rather, reopened...
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The European Central Bank will publish the monetary policy statement with the interest rate decision on January 21, at 14:45 MT time.
Joe Biden is going to unveil a Covid-19 relief package of about $2 trillion. After this announcement, the 10-year Treasury yield rose, adding support for the USD.
The US dollar’s weakness offered a boost to emerging-market currencies and oil.
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