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Bengaluru — Gold prices inched higher on Tuesday as appetite for risk weakened ahead of US inflation data that could support the Federal Reserve’s aggressive policy stance to contain rising pricing pressures.
Spot gold was up 0.3% at $1,958.61 an ounce at 4.07am GMT, after hitting its highest in nearly a month on Monday. US gold futures rose 0.8% at $1,962.90.
ABC Bullion’s global GM, Nicholas Frappell, said gold was catching a bid on weaker equities and geopolitical tensions while facing headwinds from weakening crude, a firmer dollar and rising real yields.
MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan was down 0.3%, as investors braced for red-hot US inflation data that is expected to show prices last month gained the most in more than 16 years.
The dollar index was back above 100, testing last week’s near two-year high of 100.19, while the benchmark 10-year Treasury yield rose to its highest since December 2018. A stronger dollar makes gold less attractive for other currency holders, while higher US interest rates and yields increase the opportunity cost of holding bullion, which is also used as a hedge against inflationary pressures.
Auto-catalyst metal palladium gained 1% at $2,457.49, after hitting its highest since March 24 at $2,550.58 on Monday after a sale block by London markets.
“Palladium is basically in a choppy consolidation after that reversal on Monday. About $2,600 is the top and $2,150 is the bottom and in there is a bunch of back and forth chop,” said Ilya Spivak, a currency strategist at DailyFX.
“Much of what happens next in terms of real-trend development will depend on some kind of a sign that negotiations have taken a step towards a substantive ceasefire,” he said, referring to the Russia-Ukraine talks.
Among other precious metals, spot silver rose 0.4% to $25.18 an ounce and platinum was up 0.5% at $981.56.
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Gold moves up as risk appetite weakens
Bengaluru — Gold prices inched higher on Tuesday as appetite for risk weakened ahead of US inflation data that could support the Federal Reserve’s aggressive policy stance to contain rising pricing pressures.
Spot gold was up 0.3% at $1,958.61 an ounce at 4.07am GMT, after hitting its highest in nearly a month on Monday. US gold futures rose 0.8% at $1,962.90.
ABC Bullion’s global GM, Nicholas Frappell, said gold was catching a bid on weaker equities and geopolitical tensions while facing headwinds from weakening crude, a firmer dollar and rising real yields.
MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan was down 0.3%, as investors braced for red-hot US inflation data that is expected to show prices last month gained the most in more than 16 years.
The dollar index was back above 100, testing last week’s near two-year high of 100.19, while the benchmark 10-year Treasury yield rose to its highest since December 2018. A stronger dollar makes gold less attractive for other currency holders, while higher US interest rates and yields increase the opportunity cost of holding bullion, which is also used as a hedge against inflationary pressures.
Auto-catalyst metal palladium gained 1% at $2,457.49, after hitting its highest since March 24 at $2,550.58 on Monday after a sale block by London markets.
“Palladium is basically in a choppy consolidation after that reversal on Monday. About $2,600 is the top and $2,150 is the bottom and in there is a bunch of back and forth chop,” said Ilya Spivak, a currency strategist at DailyFX.
“Much of what happens next in terms of real-trend development will depend on some kind of a sign that negotiations have taken a step towards a substantive ceasefire,” he said, referring to the Russia-Ukraine talks.
Among other precious metals, spot silver rose 0.4% to $25.18 an ounce and platinum was up 0.5% at $981.56.
Reuters
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