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Gold Price Analysis: XAU/USD holds recovery gains from 200-HMA to refresh intraday high

  • Gold consolidates the biggest losses in two weeks.
  • MACD teases bulls, key HMA limits immediate downside.
  • 100-HMA, nearby resistance line probe corrective pullback moves.

Gold picks up bids around $1,841, up 0.20% intraday, during early Thursday. The yellow metal marked the heaviest losses since November 23 the previous day but 200-HMA triggered the much-awaited bounce.

The U-turn gains support from the receding strength of negative MACD signals to suggest further upside towards 100-HMA, at $1,851 now.

However, a downward sloping trend line from Tuesday, near $1,858 now, will challenge gold buyers ahead of highlighting the recent top surrounding $1,875 on their radars.

Meanwhile, a downside break of 200-HMA, currently around $1,828, will direct the commodity sellers towards 61.8% Fibonacci retracement of November 30 to December 08 upside, near $1,807.

In a case where the bullion bears get more interested in the quote below $1,807, they need to conquer the $1,800 round-figure for further governance.

Gold hourly chart

Trend: Pullback expected

Additional important levels

Overview
Today last price1839.51
Today Daily Change1.35
Today Daily Change %0.07%
Today daily open1838.16
 
Trends
Daily SMA201843.06
Daily SMA501877.54
Daily SMA1001911.4
Daily SMA2001807.52
 
Levels
Previous Daily High1871.76
Previous Daily Low1825.5
Previous Weekly High1848.3
Previous Weekly Low1764.6
Previous Monthly High1965.58
Previous Monthly Low1764.6
Daily Fibonacci 38.2%1843.17
Daily Fibonacci 61.8%1854.09
Daily Pivot Point S11818.52
Daily Pivot Point S21798.88
Daily Pivot Point S31772.26
Daily Pivot Point R11864.78
Daily Pivot Point R21891.4
Daily Pivot Point R31911.04

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Anil Panchal

Anil Panchal

FXStreet

Anil Panchal has nearly 15 years of experience in tracking financial markets. With a keen interest in macroeconomics, Anil aptly tracks global news/updates and stays well-informed about the global financial moves and their implications.

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