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Gold consolidates intraday gains amid rising US bond yields, modest USD strength – Crypto News
- Gold price regains positive traction and stalls its corrective slide from a multi-week peak.
- Dovish Fed expectations and geopolitical risks continue to lend support to the XAU/USD.
- Rising US bond yields underpin the US Dollar and might cap any further appreciating move.
Gold price (XAU/USD) attracts fresh buyers on the first trading day of 2024 and maintains its bid tone through the early part of the European session. The precious metal currently trades around the $2,075 region, up over 0.50% for the day, and remains well supported by rising bets that the Federal Reserve (Fed) will soon start cutting interest rates, as early as March. This, along with geopolitical risks and concerns about fragile economic recovery in China, lends some support to the non-yielding yellow metal.
That said, a modest US Dollar (USD) strength, bolstered by a further rise in the US Treasury bond yields, keeps the Gold price below a multi-week high touched last Thursday. Traders also seem reluctant to place aggressive bets and prefer to wait for the release of the FOMC meeting minutes on Wednesday. This week’s busy US economic docket also features important macro data, including the Nonfarm-Payrolls (NFP) report on Friday, which will influence the USD and provide a fresh impetus to the metal.
Daily Digest Market Movers: Gold price remains supported by Fed rate cut bets
- Gold price registered a 13% annual rise in 2023, marking its best year since 2020, and seems poised to prolong its recent well-established appreciating trend.
- Hopes that the Federal Reserve will achieve a soft landing for the economy in 2024 and ease its policy as early as March lend support to the yellow metal.
- The CME’s FedWatch tool indicates a more than 85% chance that the Fed will deliver a rate cut in March and a cumulative of 150 basis points (bps) rate cut by the year-end.
- The safe-haven precious metal draws additional support from geopolitical risks stemming from the war in Ukraine and in the Middle East, and China’s economic woes.
- US forces struck back against the Iran-backed Houthi group in the Red Sea in response to a series of strikes on several military and commercial vessels in the region.
- The official Chinese PMI released over the weekend indicated a further deterioration in manufacturing activity and little signs of recovery at the end of 2023.
- A private-sector survey, meanwhile, showed on Tuesday that China’s factory activity expanded at a quicker pace in December but business confidence for 2024 remained subdued.
- The US Dollar builds on its recovery from a five-month low amid a further rise in the US Treasury bond yields and might cap further gains for the XAU/USD.
- The yield on the benchmark 10-year US government bond recovered further from its lowest level since July touched last week and underpins the buck.
- Traders now look to the release of FOMC minutes on Wednesday and important US macro releases, including the NFP report, for some meaningful impetus.
- This week’s busy economic docket also features the ISM Manufacturing PMI and JOLTS Job Openings on Wednesday, followed by the ADP report on Thursday.
Technical Analysis: Gold price seems poised to prolong its appreciating move
From a technical perspective, the all-time high closing, around the $2,077-2,078 region printed last Wednesday, now seems to act as an immediate barrier ahead of the $2,088 zone, or the multi-week high. Some follow-through buying should allow the Gold price to reclaim the $2,100 round-figure mark. The subsequent move up has the potential to lift the XAU/USD further towards retesting the record peak, around the $2,144 area set in early December.
On the flip side, the $2,060-2,058 region now seems to protect the immediate downside ahead of the $2,048 horizontal zone and the $2,040 area. Failure to defend the said support levels might turn the Gold price vulnerable to accelerate the slide towards the $2,020 intermediate support en route to the 50-day Simple Moving Average (SMA), currently near the $2,006 region, and the $2,000 psychological mark.
US Dollar price today
The table below shows the percentage change of US Dollar (USD) against listed major currencies today. US Dollar was the strongest against the Swiss Franc.
USD | EUR | GBP | CAD | AUD | JPY | NZD | CHF | |
USD | 0.14% | 0.09% | 0.09% | -0.10% | 0.28% | 0.18% | 0.32% | |
EUR | -0.14% | -0.04% | -0.04% | -0.22% | 0.15% | 0.05% | 0.18% | |
GBP | -0.09% | 0.05% | 0.00% | -0.21% | 0.20% | 0.08% | 0.19% | |
CAD | -0.09% | 0.05% | 0.00% | -0.17% | 0.20% | 0.10% | 0.22% | |
AUD | 0.10% | 0.22% | 0.17% | 0.17% | 0.37% | 0.26% | 0.39% | |
JPY | -0.30% | -0.14% | -0.20% | -0.18% | -0.36% | -0.10% | 0.02% | |
NZD | -0.19% | -0.05% | -0.10% | -0.10% | -0.29% | 0.12% | 0.06% | |
CHF | -0.32% | -0.15% | -0.20% | -0.20% | -0.43% | -0.01% | -0.11% |
The heat map shows percentage changes of major currencies against each other. The base currency is picked from the left column, while the quote currency is picked from the top row. For example, if you pick the Euro from the left column and move along the horizontal line to the Japanese Yen, the percentage change displayed in the box will represent EUR (base)/JPY (quote).
Gold FAQs
Gold has played a key role in human’s history as it has been widely used as a store of value and medium of exchange. Currently, apart from its shine and usage for jewelry, the precious metal is widely seen as a safe-haven asset, meaning that it is considered a good investment during turbulent times. Gold is also widely seen as a hedge against inflation and against depreciating currencies as it doesn’t rely on any specific issuer or government.
Central banks are the biggest Gold holders. In their aim to support their currencies in turbulent times, central banks tend to diversify their reserves and buy Gold to improve the perceived strength of the economy and the currency. High Gold reserves can be a source of trust for a country’s solvency. Central banks added 1,136 tonnes of Gold worth around $70 billion to their reserves in 2022, according to data from the World Gold Council. This is the highest yearly purchase since records began. Central banks from emerging economies such as China, India and Turkey are quickly increasing their Gold reserves.
Gold has an inverse correlation with the US Dollar and US Treasuries, which are both major reserve and safe-haven assets. When the Dollar depreciates, Gold tends to rise, enabling investors and central banks to diversify their assets in turbulent times. Gold is also inversely correlated with risk assets. A rally in the stock market tends to weaken Gold price, while sell-offs in riskier markets tend to favor the precious metal.
The price can move due to a wide range of factors. Geopolitical instability or fears of a deep recession can quickly make Gold price escalate due to its safe-haven status. As a yield-less asset, Gold tends to rise with lower interest rates, while higher cost of money usually weighs down on the yellow metal. Still, most moves depend on how the US Dollar (USD) behaves as the asset is priced in dollars (XAU/USD). A strong Dollar tends to keep the price of Gold controlled, whereas a weaker Dollar is likely to push Gold prices up.
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