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Gold Price Analysis: XAU/USD bulls unstoppable, renews life-time highs near $2040

  • Dip buying in gold once again pushes the bulls towards $2050.
  • Fresh leg down in the US dollar, the main catalyst behind fresh highs.
  • Tumbling US yields, geopolitical concerns keep the bulls hopeful.

With ‘buy the dips’ emerging as the main underlying theme behind the gold (XAU/USD) price action so far this week, the bulls flex their muscles further to record fresh all-time highs near $2040.

The spot found solid support around $2010 level earlier in the Asian session after the profit-taking slide from the previous record high of $2031.20. The buyers saw it as a bargain-hunting opportunity, with $2050 on their radars.

Fundamentally, the yellow metal continues to draw support from the crumbling US inflated-protected Treasury yields on the narrative of faltering economic recovery from the coronavirus pandemic-induced massive GDP contraction.

The falling US Treasury yields, both real and nominal, continue to exacerbate the pain in the US dollar. At the time of writing, the US dollar index trades near fresh monthly lows of 93.06, down 0.27% on a daily basis.

Further, expectations that the US Congress will agree on a fiscal stimulus package also adds to the bullish momentum in the yieldless gold. Markets now await the US ADP jobs data for fresh hints on the official Non-Farm Payrolls due this Friday. Slowing jobs growth could likely intensify the US economic concerns, boosting the bright metal at the expense of the greenback.

Gold Technical levels

 The hourly Relative Strength Index (RSI) has once again turned north and flirting with the entrance of the overbought territory, backing the case for dip-buying.  The record highs could be retested if the buyers regain control en route the critical $2050 psychological level. A break below the 21-HMA support could call for a drop towards the next support of the upward-sloping 50-HMA at $1985.35.

Gold additional levels

XAU/USD

Overview
Today last price2032.56
Today Daily Change12.58
Today Daily Change %0.62
Today daily open2019.98
 
Trends
Daily SMA201878.23
Daily SMA501796.36
Daily SMA1001733.84
Daily SMA2001634.69
 
Levels
Previous Daily High2020.02
Previous Daily Low1967.68
Previous Weekly High1984.8
Previous Weekly Low1900
Previous Monthly High1984.8
Previous Monthly Low1757.7
Daily Fibonacci 38.2%2000.03
Daily Fibonacci 61.8%1987.67
Daily Pivot Point S11985.1
Daily Pivot Point S21950.22
Daily Pivot Point S31932.76
Daily Pivot Point R12037.44
Daily Pivot Point R22054.9
Daily Pivot Point R32089.78

Author

Dhwani Mehta

Dhwani Mehta

FXStreet

Residing in Mumbai (India), Dhwani is a Senior Analyst and Manager of the Asian session at FXStreet. She has over 10 years of experience in analyzing and covering the global financial markets, with specialization in Forex and commodities markets.

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