Gold Price Forecast: XAU/USD stabilizes below $1,960 as USD Index refreshes day high, US Durables eyed

Gold price has shifted its auction below $1,960.00 amid sheer strength in the USD Index.
Fed policymakers believe that further rate hike in June is ‘less certain’ due to the banking fiasco.
Gold price is forming an Inverted Flag pattern, which is a trend continuation pattern in which a long consolidation is followed by a breakdown.

Sagar Dua FXStreet

Gold price (XAU/USD) has shifted its placement below $1,960.00 in the Asian session. The precious metal is looking to deliver more downside as the US Dollar Index (DXY) is looking to refresh its 10-week high to 104.00 ahead. The USD Index has shown immense strength as US debt-ceiling issues are not resolved despite long negotiations among the White House and Republican leaders.

S&P500 futures are holding significant gains in the Asian session. US equities have not carry-forwarded weak cues witnessed on Wednesday. The US Dollar Index (DXY) has refreshed its day’s high at 103.92 as uncertainty for US borrowing cap issues is escalating.

US House of Representatives Kevin McCarthy refused to support additional taxes for the Wealthy community and higher budget spending, which has delayed issues further, however, he remained confident that a bipartisan will be reached.

Gold price has failed to capitalize on dovish cues for interest rate guidance in the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) minutes. Federal Reserve (Fed) policymakers believe that further rate hike in June is ‘less certain’ due to a potential banking fiasco.

Later this week, US Durable Goods Orders data will be keenly watched. The economic data is seen contracting by 1.0% vs. an expansion of 3.2%.

Gold technical analysis

Gold price is forming an Inverted Flag chart pattern on a four-hour scale, which is a trend continuation pattern in which a long consolidation is followed by a breakdown. The Gold price is hovering above the horizontal support plotted from April 03 low at $1,949.83.

The 20-period Exponential Moving Average (EMA) at $1,969.26 is barricading the Gold price from any rally.

Meanwhile, the Relative Strength Index (RSI) (14) has slipped below 40.00, which indicates that the downside momentum is warranted.

Gold four-hour chart

XAU/USD

Overview
Today last price	1959.47
Today Daily Change	2.36
Today Daily Change %	0.12
Today daily open	1957.11

Trends
Daily SMA20	2001.08
Daily SMA50	1992.02
Daily SMA100	1933.1
Daily SMA200	1828.59

Levels
Previous Daily High	1985.3
Previous Daily Low	1956.79
Previous Weekly High	2022.18
Previous Weekly Low	1952.01
Previous Monthly High	2048.75
Previous Monthly Low	1949.83
Daily Fibonacci 38.2%	1967.68
Daily Fibonacci 61.8%	1974.41
Daily Pivot Point S1	1947.5
Daily Pivot Point S2	1937.89
Daily Pivot Point S3	1918.99
Daily Pivot Point R1	1976.01
Daily Pivot Point R2	1994.91
Daily Pivot Point R3	2004.52

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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