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Breaking: Gold jumps $15 to renew nine-year highs above $1865

Gold (XAU/USD) bulls remained unstoppable, as the yellow metal rallied nearly $15 in a matter of 15 minutes. The spot refreshed the highest levels in nine years at $1866.90.

The persistent weakness seen in the US dollar across the board continued to bode well for gold, as markets cheered additional US stimulus talks and EU fiscal deal.

Traders remain hopeful that the massive global economic stimulus deployed will help stage a quicker rebound. These expectations continue to diminish the safe-haven bids for the US dollar.

Analysts at TD Securities noted: “The US dollar has dropped as the world is looking a little bit better. Interest rates have fallen across the yield curve and that again is another factor helping gold.”

Further, the bullish momentum gathered steam after stops got triggered on a break above the psychological $1850 level. The bright metal also tracks the rally in silver, which reached fresh seven-year highs beyond the $22 mark.

The next stop for the bulls seems to be the September 2011 high at $1920 (record high). At the press time, the metal trades around $1860, up 1% on a daily basis.

Gold Chart 

Gold Technical levels

XAU/USD

Overview
Today last price1857.50
Today Daily Change15.31
Today Daily Change %0.83
Today daily open1841.83
 
Trends
Daily SMA201792.61
Daily SMA501753.44
Daily SMA1001701.28
Daily SMA2001611.97
 
Levels
Previous Daily High1843.54
Previous Daily Low1815.9
Previous Weekly High1815.1
Previous Weekly Low1790.42
Previous Monthly High1785.91
Previous Monthly Low1670.76
Daily Fibonacci 38.2%1832.98
Daily Fibonacci 61.8%1826.46
Daily Pivot Point S11823.97
Daily Pivot Point S21806.12
Daily Pivot Point S31796.33
Daily Pivot Point R11851.61
Daily Pivot Point R21861.4
Daily Pivot Point R31879.25

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