At the beginning of the Asian market on Tuesday (February 28), the US dollar index fluctuated in a narrow range and is currently trading around 104.65. The US dollar fell back from its seven week high on Monday, following the downward trend of US treasury bond bond yields. Investors consolidated their gains after the recent rise of the US dollar.
On Monday, the spot gold rose, and the US market was boosted by the unexpected sharp drop in the monthly rate of US durable goods orders. It once hit the 1820 level, then fell back, and finally closed up 0.3% at 1817.28 US dollars/ounce; Spot silver fluctuated at a low level and ended down 0.69% at $20.64/ounce.
The currency pair has completed a wave of decline to 1.0550. As of yesterday the market might demonstrate a link of correction to 1.0590 and go down to 1.0490. Then a new wave of correction to 1.0705 should start, followed by a decline to 1.0380.
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Last week, the financial market was hit by heavy events and economic data. Due to the hawkish wording of the minutes of the Federal Reserve meeting, and the hawkish remarks made by many Fed officials, as well as the fact that the Fed's favorite inflation index exceeded expectations, the market expectations for interest rate hikes rose sharply, and the US dollar soared last week, hitting its best performance since September last year and returning to the 105 high.
Last Friday, spot gold fluctuated and fell. Affected by PCE data exceeding expectations, the US dollar fell below the 1810 mark, hitting a new low in the year, and finally closed down 0.65% at $1810.81per ounce; Spot silver recorded a decline for the sixth consecutive week, falling behind the 21 mark, reaching the lowest level in three months, and finally closing down 2.46% at $20.77 per ounce.
Wall Street stocks ended mixed on Tuesday after U.S. consumer price data for January offered little to change expectations about the Federal Reserve's path forward on interest rate hikes.
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