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Gold Price Analysis: XAU/USD bulls remain on the defensive near $1,780

  • Gold is hovering near the $1,780 mark in the Asian session.
  • Bulls face interim resistance around $1,785 on the hourly chart.
  • Oversold MACD signals some upward momentum. 

Gold prices recovered part of their losses from Tuesday’s low of $1,770.90 and seem to confide in the vicinity of multi-day resistance placed around $1,780.

At the time of writing, XAU/USD is trading at $1,777.85, down 0.77% on the day.

XAU/USD hourly chart

On the hourly chart, the pair is struggling to maintain intraday gains and is moving toward the session low of $1,776.80. However, bulls remain hopeful of recovery toward the $1,785 level as prices hold above the ascending trendline extending from Tuesday’s low. On moving higher, prices would encounter a hurdle near the $1,788 horizontal resistance zone, followed by Tuesday’s high of $1,799.08.

The Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD) indicator is in a negative trajectory with stretched oversold conditions. However, if any downtick occurs it would echo the prevailing downtrend and would push prices toward the $1,775 horizontal support zone followed by Tuesday’s low of $1,770.90. On moving downward, it would open the gates for Monday lows near the $1,765 region.

XAU/USD additional levels

XAU/USD

Overview
Today last price1779.38
Today Daily Change0.38
Today Daily Change %0.02
Today daily open1779
 
Trends
Daily SMA201767.38
Daily SMA501744.91
Daily SMA1001798.85
Daily SMA2001853.98
 
Levels
Previous Daily High1799.08
Previous Daily Low1770.9
Previous Weekly High1790.03
Previous Weekly Low1756.18
Previous Monthly High1797.93
Previous Monthly Low1705.84
Daily Fibonacci 38.2%1781.66
Daily Fibonacci 61.8%1788.32
Daily Pivot Point S11766.91
Daily Pivot Point S21754.81
Daily Pivot Point S31738.73
Daily Pivot Point R11795.09
Daily Pivot Point R21811.17
Daily Pivot Point R31823.27

 

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Rekha Chauhan

Rekha Chauhan

Independent Analyst

Rekha Chauhan has been working as a content writer and research analyst in the forex and equity market domain for over two years.

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Gold Price Analysis: XAU/USD bulls remain on the defensive near $1,780