WCG Markets:2023-08-29
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On Monday (August 28), spot gold fluctuated narrowly during the Asian session and is currently trading around $1916.13 per ounce. U.S. dollar index and U.S. bond yields fell slightly, providing support for gold prices, and concerns about the global economic recession also provided safe haven support for gold prices.
Powell's speech in Jackson Hole on Friday night did not send a consistent signal. At first, he acknowledged progress in reducing inflation. The dollar index tumbled briefly and then suggested that more interest rates may be raised and did not rule out the next rate hike, which was seen as a hawkish signal. The dollar index erased losses and last closed up 0.08% higher at 104.16.
The opening half of today's trading session on Wall Street has been influenced by varying market sentiments, stemming from Fed Chair Jerome Powell's address at the Jackson Hole Symposium in Wyoming.
U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo arrived in Beijing late on Sunday for a four-day visit aimed at boosting business ties between the world's two largest economies while declaring American national security trade measures off-limits for debate.
Powell said the Federal Reserve may further raise interest rates Gold prices end the four consecutive positive streak
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WCG Markets:2023-08-28
On Friday (August 25), spot gold fluctuated in a narrow range during the Asian session, and is currently trading near $1913.90 per ounce.
On Thursday, as sentiment turned cautious ahead of Powell's speech, spot gold was flat, still hovering near a two-week high, before settling up 0.13% at $1,916.88 an ounce. Spot silver pulled back and ended down 0.77% at $24.14 an ounce.
On Thursday, the US stock market saw losses driven by a stronger USD, boosted amid hawkish remarks by Federal Reserve (Fed) officials at the Jackson Hole Symposium.
European markets initially picked up where the left off yesterday as weaker economic data, combined with further declines in bond yields offered hope that central banks are close to being done when it comes to rate hikes.
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A raging US equity market fuelled by soft data, a drop in treasury yields and blowout earnings from NVDA (which saw its stock price hit an all-time high) saw risk-on trading through Wednesdays session.
Traders remain cautiously optimistic amid hopes of witnessing a sooner end to the hawkish monetary policies at the major central banks, backed by the activity data for August. Adding strength to the slightly positive outlook could be the downbeat yields and the US-China news.
BRICS’ developments are believed to rival the industrial revolution. The anticipated summit will take place on August 22-24. On the one hand, it is not supposed to bring some earth-shaking announcements.
The US dollar rose across the board on Thursday, while gold prices remained stable Waiting for Powell to speak at the Jackson Hole annual meeting