Gold Price Analysis: XAU/USD portrays indecision around mid-$1,800s despite risk-on mood
Gold prices seesaw between $1,854-57, currently around $1,855.60, amid the initial Asian session on Wednesday. The yellow metal rose for the first time in the last five days on Tuesday amid the US dollar weakness and risk-on mood. However, a lack of major catalysts during early Asia probe the commodity buyers off-late.
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XAU/USD: Gold/USD is trending up after the sell-off but needs to break and hold above 1855.00
I indicated the probability of prices bouncing at 1908.00 and heading up to test previous highs in my last post. However, prices failed, and we saw a sell-off as indicated on the chart below.
Prices now seem to have settled and starting to trend up again. The critical levels to watch are around 1840.00 and 1825.00 support, and resistance at 1855.00.
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