Gold and silver move marginally lower heading into the European open

Gold and silver move marginally lower heading into the European open Gold and silver are trading marginally lower on the last trading day of the week. The yellow metal sold off before it could make a meaningful test of the $1800/oz area. Silver is still holding on to the psychological $26/oz area. Risk sentiment was mixed overnight. The Nikkei 225 closed just over half a percent lower while the ASX (0.08%) and Shanghai Composite (0.15%) both moved slightly higher. US…

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Gold moves slightly lower heading into the European open

Gold moves slightly lower heading into the European open After another move higher during Wednesday's session gold is heading into today's European session 0.14% lower. Silver (-0.28%) is also slightly down but this pales in comparison to the 2.81% gain yesterday. After a strong close on Wall Street yesterday the ASX (0.83%) and Nikkei 225 (2.38%) bounced back from some recent weakness. The Shanghai Composite did not move in the same vein as it closed -0.38% lower overnight. FX markets…

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Gold pushes higher ahead of the European market open

Gold pushes higher ahead of the European market open Gold and silver are once again trading higher leading into the European open. Gold is 0.40% higher at $1785/oz while silver has moved up 1% to reach $26oz again. After inheriting a negative close from the U.S., bourses in the Asia Pac area have struggled overnight. The Nikkei 225 fell -2.03%, ASX -0.29% and the Shanghai Composite traded flat. In the FX markets, the majors traded within their ranges. The dollar…

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Gold and silver are mixed leading into the European open

Gold and silver are mixed leading into the European open Gold is trading marginally lower heading into the European open and this comes after a 0.32% fall in yesterday's session. Silver performing slightly better trading 0.30% higher but this also comes after a drop on Monday's session. After inheriting a negative close from Wall Street bourses in the Asia Pac area are pretty mixed. The ASX (-0.68%) and Nikkei 225 (-1.97%) took a tumble but India's Nifty (0.25%) and South…

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Is gold price prepping for a major move higher this week?

Is gold price prepping for a major move higher this week? Gold could be on the brink of another rally as it tops key resistance levels and moves towards $1,800 an ounce, according to analysts. The precious metal is wrapping up its second consecutive week of gains after a positive start to Q2 amid a weaker U.S. dollar and retreating U.S. 10-year Treasury yields. At the time of writing, June Comex gold futures were trading at $1,779.90, up 2% on…

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Gold and silver prices spike but can rally last? Jim Wyckoff on the long-awaited bull market

Gold and silver prices spike, but can rally last? Jim Wyckoff on the long-awaited bull market Momentum has shifted back in gold and silver’s favor for now, said Jim Wyckoff, senior market analyst at Kitco News. “When we last talked, the markets, both gold and silver, were in a near-term price downtrend. Remember, we talked about key support levels that had to hold to keep prices from accelerating to the downside and those key price support levels, technical levels, did…

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Gold and silver are flat leading into the EU open

Gold and silver are flat leading into the EU open Gold and silver are both trading flat leading into the EU open this morning. Gold had a pretty impressive session yesterday rising 1.58% and pushing past the previous wave high on the daily chart. Silver also did pretty well and moved back into the middle of the long term consolidation area between $21.66/oz and $30.09oz to trade at $25.77/oz. After inheriting a positive risk tone from the U.S. bourses in…

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Gold and silver start the EU session higher

Gold and silver start the EU session higher Gold and silver have both recovered after some strength in the US session yesterday. Overnight gold is trading just above flat while silver has moved 0.57% in the black. In the rest of the commodities complex, copper is 0.10% higher and spot WTI has moved up 0.92%. In the Asia Pac area, the ASX (0.66%) and Shanghai Composite (0.42%) closed higher but the Nikkei 225 bucked the trend to closed -0.44% in…

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Gold silver set back as chart-based sellers step in

Gold, silver set back as chart-based sellers step in Gold and silver prices are lower in midday U.S. trading Monday, as the shorter-term futures traders are again pressing the short side of the markets to start the trading week, amid a lack of fresh, markets-moving fundamental news. June gold futures were last down $13.40 at $1,731.60 and May Comex silver was last down $0.505 at $24.82 an ounce. Global stock markets were mostly lower overnight. U.S. stock indexes are pointed…

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This could push gold price to 1800 this week

This could push gold price to $1,800 this week Gold has a chance to break above its key resistance level of $1,750 an ounce this week. Here's what investors need to watch, according to analysts. The yellow metal had a very decent start to the second quarter, with prices up around 1% on the week. June Comex gold futures last traded at $1,746 an ounce. Earlier in the week, the precious metal was up almost $50 since last Friday as…

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