Gold Price Forecast: XAU/USD accelerates towards $1,730 as DXY tumbles ahead of US ISM Services PMI

Gold price has witnessed a sheer upside to near $1,723.30 on lower consensus for US ISM Services PMI.
The DXY has slipped below 109.50 as the market mood has turned positive.
The US ISM Services PMI is seen lower at 55.5 vs. 56.7.

Sagar Dua FXStreet

Gold price (XAU/USD) has displayed a vertical upside after overstepping the critical hurdle of $1,718.00 in the Asian session. The precious metal has delivered an upside break of the consolidation formed in a narrow range of $1,708.82-1,718.15 and is expected to display more upside ahead. The yellow metal has picked significant bids amid lower consensus for US ISM Services PMI data.

The US ISM Services PMI data is lower than 55.5 against the prior release of 56.7. Also, the forward-looking Services New Orders Index is expected to remain subdued at 59.5 vs. 59.9. The consequences of adopting sheer pace in hiking interest rates by the Federal Reserve (Fed) are visible in the service sector. Also, the big tech boys have already halted their recruitment process ahead of a decline in economic activities.

Meanwhile, the US dollar index (DXY) has witnessed a steep fall at the open as the risk-off market mood is fading away. Risk-perceived currencies are gaining a lot of traction after turning extremely oversold as the fundamentals are still fragile. It is worth noting that US markets will open today after an extended weekend, therefore, higher volatility cannot be ruled out.

Gold technical analysis

Gold prices have poked the 200-period Exponential Moving Average (EMA) at $1,723.60 after witnessing a perpendicular upside move. The precious metal has also broken a small Symmetrical Triangle in a narrow range of $1,707.74-1,717.76.

The Relative Strength Index (RSI) (14) has stepped into the bullish range of 60.00-80.00, activating bulls for upside momentum.

Gold hourly chart

XAU/USD

Overview
Today last price	1719.59
Today Daily Change	7.68
Today Daily Change %	0.45
Today daily open	1711.91

Trends
Daily SMA20	1751.41
Daily SMA50	1752.06
Daily SMA100	1805.12
Daily SMA200	1834.82

Levels
Previous Daily High	1715.81
Previous Daily Low	1707.8
Previous Weekly High	1745.58
Previous Weekly Low	1688.92
Previous Monthly High	1807.93
Previous Monthly Low	1709.68
Daily Fibonacci 38.2%	1710.86
Daily Fibonacci 61.8%	1712.75
Daily Pivot Point S1	1707.87
Daily Pivot Point S2	1703.83
Daily Pivot Point S3	1699.86
Daily Pivot Point R1	1715.88
Daily Pivot Point R2	1719.85
Daily Pivot Point R3	1723.89

Author

Sagar Dua

FXStreet

Sagar Dua is associated with the financial markets from his college days. Along with pursuing post-graduation in Commerce in 2014, he started his markets training with chart analysis.

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