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Gold Price Forecast: XAU/USD tumbles to near $1,850 as DXY rebounds, US PPI eyed

  • Gold price has frozen in a $1,850.00s area amid a rebound in the DXY.
  • The US PPI is seen lower at 10.7% against the prior print of 11.2%.
  • The precious metal is trading below the 61.8% Fibo retracement.

Gold Price (XAU/USD) has slipped to near $1,852.00 as the US dollar index (DXY) has rebounded sharply after trading lackluster in the early Tokyo session. The precious metal is wandering in a minute range on Thursday and is expected to trade directionless ahead of the US Producer Price Index (PPI).

The US PPI is seen at 10.7% against the print of 11.2%, recorded a year ago. While the core PPI that excludes food and energy is expected to land at 8.9% lower than the prior figure of 9.2%.

Lately, higher US Consumer Price Index (CPI) numbers have bolstered the odds of a bumper rate hike by the Federal Reserve (Fed). The upbeat US CPI at 8.3% in comparison with the consensus of 8.1% has strengthened the chances of a rate hike by 75 basis points (bps) in June monetary policy.

Meanwhile, the US dollar index (DXY) has rebounded sharply above 104.00 as investors are awaiting an outperformance from the US PPI.

Gold technical analysis

On the daily scale, XAU/USD is trading below 61.8% Fibo retracement (placed from 15 December 2021 low at $1,753.01 to March 8 high at $2,070.54) at $1,875.00. The 50- and 200-period Exponential Moving Averages (EMAs) at $1,902.95 and $1,887.24 respectively have turned lower, which adds to the downside filter. Meanwhile, the Relative Strength Index (RSI) (14) has shifted into a bearish range of 20.00-40.00, which signals more downside.

Gold daily chart

XAU/USD

Overview
Today last price1854.72
Today Daily Change2.26
Today Daily Change %0.12
Today daily open1852.46
 
Trends
Daily SMA201906
Daily SMA501931.36
Daily SMA1001883.41
Daily SMA2001835.93
 
Levels
Previous Daily High1858.2
Previous Daily Low1832.09
Previous Weekly High1909.83
Previous Weekly Low1850.44
Previous Monthly High1998.43
Previous Monthly Low1872.24
Daily Fibonacci 38.2%1848.23
Daily Fibonacci 61.8%1842.06
Daily Pivot Point S11836.97
Daily Pivot Point S21821.47
Daily Pivot Point S31810.86
Daily Pivot Point R11863.08
Daily Pivot Point R21873.69
Daily Pivot Point R31889.19

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Sagar Dua

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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