Gold Price Forecast: XAU/USD consolidates above 1,800, focus shift on US Retail Sales

XAU/USD is balancing around $1,810.00 as DXY steadies ahead of US Retail Sales.
Upbeat US NFP and inflation have strengthened the chances of a jumbo rate hike by the Fed in June.
An establishment below the 200-EMA is advocating gold bears.

Sagar Dua FXStreet

Gold Price (XAU/USD) displayed an extreme volatility contraction in the New York session on Friday amid a light economic calendar. The bright metal is expected to deliver similar performance and is hovering around $1,813.55, following the footprints of doldrums in the US dollar index (DXY).

The DXY witnessed a sheer fall on Friday after printing a fresh 19-year high of 105.00. Investors bent towards some profit-booking measures that dragged the asset lower to 104.50. The asset is consolidating around 104.50 and is seeing more downside on mounting selling pressure.

The precious metal has been through a period of high tides backed by the announcements of higher inflationary pressures last week and rising job additions in the labor force in the first week of May. This has bolstered the chances of a 50 basis point (bps) interest rate hike by the Federal Reserve (Fed) in June. To achieve price stability, the determination from the Fed may squeeze liquidity from the market at a much more rapid pace. Now, investors are shifting their focus to the US Retail Sales, which are due on Tuesday. The monthly Retail Sales figure is expected at 0.7%, higher than the prior print of 0.5%.

Gold technical analysis

On the daily scale, XAU/USD has established below the 200-period Exponential Moving Average (EMA) at $1,856.65. The precious metal has been weakened after slipping below the trendline plotted from the 9 August 2021 low at $1,687.78. The Relative Strength Index (RSI) (14) has shifted into a bearish range of 20.00-40.00, which signals more pain ahead.

Gold daily chart

XAU/USD

Overview
Today last price	1811.91
Today Daily Change	0.39
Today Daily Change %	0.02
Today daily open	1811.52

Trends
Daily SMA20	1890.1
Daily SMA50	1926.78
Daily SMA100	1883.61
Daily SMA200	1836.01

Levels
Previous Daily High	1828.85
Previous Daily Low	1799.19
Previous Weekly High	1885.82
Previous Weekly Low	1799.19
Previous Monthly High	1998.43
Previous Monthly Low	1872.24
Daily Fibonacci 38.2%	1810.52
Daily Fibonacci 61.8%	1817.52
Daily Pivot Point S1	1797.52
Daily Pivot Point S2	1783.53
Daily Pivot Point S3	1767.86
Daily Pivot Point R1	1827.18
Daily Pivot Point R2	1842.85
Daily Pivot Point R3	1856.84

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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