On Wednesday (July 19), spot gold shocked slightly lower during the Asian and European sessions and is currently trading in the vicinity of $1975.66 per ounce.
June retail sales data released on Tuesday fell short of expectations, but core sales remained firm. After the release of the data, the U.S. dollar index dived to a 15-month low, and then rebounded as the market fully digested expectations of a 25 basis point rate hike in July, once back to the 100 mark, but failed to hold on to close up 0.05% at 99.96.
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On Tuesday (July 18), spot gold rose slightly during the Asian session and is currently trading near $1959.12 per ounce.
The New York Fed's manufacturing index, released on Monday, fell to 1.1%, indicating that growth in its manufacturing sector has almost stalled. The dollar index closed down 0.04% at 99.91 as markets await U.S. retail sales data for June to be released tonight.
The USD/CAD has fallen beneath the 1.3200 level, largely driven by the bolstering effect of substantial yields on Canadian bonds, most notably the 3.385% yield observed on the 10-year note, which represents an increase of 0.53%.
On Monday, market activity is likely to be limited due to the conjunction of Japan's holiday and the pre-Federal Reserve blackout period. This could enable the US dollar to maintain its recovery from the recent multi-day low, a rebound fueled in part by positive US economic data.
China will present a lot of statistics. It is already known that the GDP for the second quarter has surpassed the value for the first quarter and reached 6.4% against 4.5%. However, the indicator fell short of analysts' forecasts. For risky assets, this is a moderate signal.
On Monday (July 17), spot gold fluctuated in a narrow range during the Asian session and is currently trading near $1955.20 per ounce. Last Friday's data showed that U.S. consumer confidence jumped to the highest level in nearly two years, the dollar index rebounded from this year's 15-month low near, so that gold prices continue to be pressured by the 55-day average and 1960 mark and other multiple resistance, short-term gold prices face further retracement risk
The US Dollar started a major decline from the 145.00 zone against the Japanese Yen. USD/JPY traded below a key bullish trend line with support near 144.20
Gold is experiencing a slight decline after a vigorous rise yesterday and is consolidating near $1,955.
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