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Hovering Near All-Time Highs

GOLD

Gold is 0.4% lower in today’s Asia-Pac session, after closing 0.3% higher at $2524.64 on Tuesday.

  • Bullion was assisted higher by the slightly lower US yields and accompanying greenback weakness, which kept the yellow metal hovering close to all-time highs.
  • Nevertheless, US Treasuries have largely consolidated their move richer following Chair Powell’s Jackson Hole speech ahead of the weekend. With little on the US data docket until Thursday's claims data, the market has basically taken a breather.
  • Lower rates are typically positive for gold, which doesn’t pay interest.
  • According to MNI’s technicals team, the recent breach of resistance at $2483.7, the Jul 17 high, confirmed a resumption of the primary uptrend. Note that moving average studies remain in a bull-mode set-up and this continues to highlight a dominant uptrend. The focus is on a climb towards $2536.4 next, a Fibonacci projection.

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