Gold hangs near one-week lows, FOMC minutes awaited
• Persistent USD buying keeps exerting downward pressure.
• Further weighed down by rising US bond yields.
• FOMC meeting minutes to set the near-term trend.
Gold seemed struggling to gain any traction and remained within striking distance of one-week lows, touched earlier today.
A strong follow-through US Dollar buying interest, further supported by a positive tone surrounding the US Treasury bond yields, continues to dampen demand for dollar-denominated commodities - like gold.
The precious metal dropped to an intraday low level of $1325 but further losses remained limited in wake of reviving safe-haven demand on the back of a sharp turnaround in European equity markets.
The rebound, however, lacked any strong conviction amid firming expectations for a faster Fed monetary policy tightening cycle. Hence, the key focus would remain on the highly anticipated FOMC meeting minutes, which would help determine the next leg of a directional move for the non-yielding yellow metal.
Technical levels to watch
Bears would be eyeing for a sustained break through $1325 level, below which the metal seems to extend the slide towards $1318 intermediate level en-route $1310 support. On the upside, any meaningful recovery attempt is likely to confront immediate resistance near the $1335-37 region, which if cleared might trigger a short-covering bounce back towards $1348-50 supply zone.
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Haresh Menghani
FXStreet
Haresh Menghani is a detail-oriented professional with 10+ years of extensive experience in analysing the global financial markets.
