An abbreviated market recap today...
An abbreviated market recap today...
Another month comes to an end with precious metals pushing higher. It was a muted day as traders sit on the sidelines waiting for the outcomes of the FOMC and ECB meetings.
Spot gold pushed higher in European trade to $1629 but couldn't quite hold its gains dipping lower during North American trade to $1615
"Price movement have been fairly muted while investors mostly bide their time in anticipation of the results of the FOMC meeting" Standard Bank said
A relatively quiet day on the markets as traders positions themselves for a very busy week with the European Central Bank and the Federal market open committee both meeting.
Spot gold staged a small rally in what's setting itself up for a busy week for the markets. The yellow metal targeted $1625 is what only can be called an uninspiring day. Light volumes initially took the metal to its low of the day at $1615. The metal remained in a tight $10 range with an eye on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.
Precious metals rallied sharply off of European Central Bank President Mario Draghi's comments that the Euro will be defended at all costs. Spot gold shot up 1%.
Another trading day brings another round of whether QE3 is near or not. Spot gold jumped to trade above $1600 for the first time in 2 weeks.
Spot gold remained locked in its trading range of $1568 to $1585 unable to sustain any meaningful rally while trading deeper in its triangle formation.
There was a boat load of data released in China, U.S and Europe largely on the negative side which pushed the metals complex lower. China's July HSBC flash manufacturing PMI came in at 49.5 against June's deeper contraction of 48.2, France's July flash manufacturing PMI was 43.6 versus a forecast of 45.6, while Germany's was 43.3 versus a predicted 45.3.
The euro dollar touched a 2 year low of 1.2070 keeping precious metals on their heels to start a rocky week off.
Spot gold shed as much as $20 in the European session and carrying over to the North American session. The metal touched $1563 as Greece bail out worries propped up as well as new concerns for Spain and Italy.
Spot gold traded sideways with end of week position squaring the theme of the day. The metal traded between $1575 and $1585 with the absence of any market moving data.
As we change days so does the pattern of alternating between up and down days. Spot gold reversed higher to $1591 amid poor U.S data released this morning.
Another lackluster day on the metals as both gold and silver traded lower on Big Ben's second day of testimony before the House Financial Services Committee.
The yellow metal traded lower to $1568 and Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke still gave no hints of any forthcoming QE3. He did state that the central bank is willing to launch new stimulus programmes to jump-start the economy should conditions deteriorate further, but never gave a specific time or period of when they would feel to launch that.
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