Gold Price Forecast: XAU/USD bulls eye $1,848 hurdle on China-led cautious optimism ahead of US PMI


  • Gold price prints three-day uptrend, confirms technical breakout supporting further advances.
  • Strong China PMIs favor risk-on mood as US Dollar retreats after posting the biggest monthly gain since September 2022.
  • Hawkish Fed bias challenges XAU/USD upside before US S&P Global, ISM PMI figures for February.

Gold price (XAU/USD) begins March on a firmer footing as it refreshes intraday high near $1,835 during the three-day winning streak amid early Wednesday in Europe.

The metal’s latest run-up appears logical from both the fundamental, as well as technical, perspectives as China-linked news join the XAU/USD run-up beyond the $1,823 previous resistance.

That said, strong prints of China’s Caixin and NBS Manufacturing PMIs for February join the Non-Manufacturing PMI for the said month to mark an upbeat economic rebound in the world’s biggest industrial player, as well as one of the major Gold consumers. Following the data, China Finance Minister Liu He showed readiness to bolster the nation’s fiscal spending while also mentioning that the foundation of China's economic recovery is still not stable.

Elsewhere, recently softer US data weighed on the US Dollar Index (DXY), which prints mild losses after the biggest monthly gains since September 2022 and allows the Gold buyers to keep the reins.

However, hawkish concerns surrounding the US Federal Reserve (Fed) and fears of more inflation crunch moving forward seem to keep a tab on the XAU/USD price.

While portraying the mood, S&P 500 Futures turn positive after initially tracking Wall Street’s mild losses but the US Treasury bond yields remain firmer at the latest.

Moving on, the US S&P Global and ISM PMI details for February will be important for immediate directions ahead of the next week’s key US jobs report. Above all, March’s Fed meeting and Chairman Jerome Powell’s testimony will be crucial for the Gold traders.

Gold price technical analysis

Gold price extends the previous day’s rebound from the 200-day Exponential Moving Average (EMA) to defy the three-week-old bearish channel. Adding strength to the recovery moves is the looming bull cross on the MACD and the RSI (14) rebound from the oversold territory.

With this, the XAU/USD appears well-set to aim for the 100-day EMA hurdle of $1,848.

However, the early February swing high of $1,890 will precede the $1,900 threshold and challenge the Gold buyers past $1,848.

Meanwhile, the XAU/USD pullback remains elusive unless the quote stays beyond the aforementioned bearish channel’s top line, close to $1,823 by the press time.

Following that, the 200-day EMA and the stated channel’s bottom line, around $1,804 and $1,784 in that order, appear important to confirm the bearish bias.

Gold price: Daily chart

Trend: Limited upside expected

Additional impotant levels

Overview
Today last price 1834.74
Today Daily Change 8.17
Today Daily Change % 0.45%
Today daily open 1826.57
 
Trends
Daily SMA20 1853.82
Daily SMA50 1866.14
Daily SMA100 1795.44
Daily SMA200 1775.63
 
Levels
Previous Daily High 1831.23
Previous Daily Low 1804.76
Previous Weekly High 1847.59
Previous Weekly Low 1808.99
Previous Monthly High 1959.8
Previous Monthly Low 1804.76
Daily Fibonacci 38.2% 1821.12
Daily Fibonacci 61.8% 1814.87
Daily Pivot Point S1 1810.48
Daily Pivot Point S2 1794.38
Daily Pivot Point S3 1784.01
Daily Pivot Point R1 1836.95
Daily Pivot Point R2 1847.32
Daily Pivot Point R3 1863.42

 

 

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