Gold Futures: Further consolidation likely
|Open interest in gold futures markets increased for the third session in a row on Thursday, this time by more than 15K contracts considering flash data from CME Group. Volume, instead, extended the choppy performance and shrank by around 35.8K contracts.
Gold faces extra rangebound
Thursday’s decent gains in gold prices were on the back of rising open interest, leaving the door open for further upside in the very near term. However, the lack of direction in volume might encourage some consolidation around the current $1,800 area per ounce troy.
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