Gold and WTI fall through key levels

Chris Beauchamp IG

The action is all in commodities today as oil and gold are hit hard, says Chris Beauchamp, Chief Market Analyst at online trading and investing platform IG.

Gold slips through crucial level

Gold’s run above $4000 has come to an end, as the price endures its largest pullback for four years. The parabolic move of late 2024, through 2025 and on into 2026 has firmly come unstuck. The bigger the party, the bigger the hangover, and gold is still working off its own exuberance. 2022’s selloff took longer, but we have to go back to the distant days of 2013 to find a bigger percentage loss. As the dollar keeps strengthening, there is more pain to come for gold.

US crude drops below $70

The carnage continues in oil prices. While there is still a week of June left, WTI and Brent are on track to suffer their biggest one-month fall since 2020. This delivers relief for consumers around the globe, assuming the oil industry can scramble to fill the gap left by months of disruption, but will deal a severe blow to the profits of the energy industry. At this rate, talk of OPEC output cuts can’t be far away.

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Chris Beauchamp

Chris Beauchamp has been with IG for four years, and in that time has become a regular commentator and analyst for the financial press and TV, with appearances on all the major financial channels as well as the BBC and Sky News.

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