Gold Price News and Forecast: XAU/USD bears lurking at critical support structure

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Gold Price Analysis: XAU/USD bulls jostle with bears beyond $2,000

Gold prices seesaw near $2,027/28 during the pre-Tokyo open Asian session on Tuesday. The yellow metal recently recovered from $2,019 but stays pressured after declining for the last two consecutive trading days. Despite many indicators portraying the rush to risk-safety, the US dollar’s gains could be spotted as the key driver of the bullion’s latest weakness.

XAU/USD

Overview
Today last price	2026.4
Today Daily Change	-8.76
Today Daily Change %	-0.43
Today daily open	2035.16

Trends
Daily SMA20	1914.43
Daily SMA50	1815.93
Daily SMA100	1750.33
Daily SMA200	1642.89

Levels
Previous Daily High	2075.32
Previous Daily Low	2015.68
Previous Weekly High	2075.32
Previous Weekly Low	1960.67
Previous Monthly High	1984.8
Previous Monthly Low	1757.7
Daily Fibonacci 38.2%	2038.46
Daily Fibonacci 61.8%	2052.54
Daily Pivot Point S1	2008.79
Daily Pivot Point S2	1982.41
Daily Pivot Point S3	1949.15
Daily Pivot Point R1	2068.43
Daily Pivot Point R2	2101.69
Daily Pivot Point R3	2128.07

Gold Price Analysis: Bears lurking at critical support structure

The price of gold has been bleeding out from the highs of last week, unable to come up for air on Monday without being faded. At the time of writing, XAU/USD is trading at $2,026 having travelled between a high of $2,049.91 and $2019.30.

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EUR/USD climbs to daily highs near 1.1820

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GBP/USD trims losses, retests 1.3460

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Gold extends its rebound, climbing for a third consecutive session and pushing back above the $5,200 mark per troy ounce on Friday. The move higher continues to draw support from lingering geopolitical tensions and the ongoing uncertainty surrounding US trade policy, both of which are keeping safe-haven demand firmly in play.

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