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On Thursday, gold sank in Asia because market participants looked ahead to end of the week nonfarm payroll figures, which follow a Fed review that set a relatively weak tone for gold.
In New York, June delivery gold futures edged down 0.53% getting to $1,241.87 a troy ounce. As for copper futures, they added 0.64%, being worth $2.533.
Meanwhile, for March Australia posted its trade balance at A$3.107 billion, which is a bit narrower than the A$3.4 billion surplus observed. Then, China informed that April’s Caixin services PMI descended to 51.6, compared with the expected 52.6 level, the lowest in early 2017.
Overnight, gold traded lower, reacting to the publication of strong American data sparked upside momentum in the greenback and capped revenues in gold.
Gold kept trading close to three-week minimums, after better than expected jobs as well as services sector surge data underpinned hopes that the Fed would lift interest rates already in June.
Anxiety over the US-China trade conflict and Brexit is keeping the yellow metal’s $1,200 perch alive, notwithstanding the evergreen buck trying to gain leverage against gold on the same fears…
On Monday, gold slipped a bit because the USD index rallied to its highest value for more than 17 months, thus affecting gold’s demand…
On Friday, gold edged down due to the fact that inflation data indicated steady interest rate lifts by the primary US financial institution…
Safe havens such as gold and Japanese yen declined as investors sentiment was boosted by eased geopolitical tensions…
On Tuesday, the euro tacked on because market participants waited for reports on inflation and growth in the euro zone, while the Japanese yen went down after Japan’s major bank told it would be more flexible in its huge stimulus program…
On Tuesday, the evergreen buck dived because the common currency bounced off and the UK pound managed to ascend to the day’s maximums reacting to reports that British Prime Minister Theresa May is going to take control of Brexit talks…
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