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Gold hovers near five-week lows as firm dollar, optimism over likely US-China trade deal dent appeal

Reuters • March 5, 2019, 14:28:28 IST
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Spot gold was up 0.2 percent to $1,288.46 per ounce, after slipping to $1,282.50 in the previous session, its lowest since 25 January.

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Gold hovers near five-week lows as firm dollar, optimism over likely US-China trade deal dent appeal

Gold prices were steady on Tuesday, trading near five-week lows touched in the previous session, as a firmer dollar and optimism over a likely US-China trade deal dented safe-haven appeal of the precious metal. Spot gold was up 0.2 percent to $1,288.46 per ounce, after slipping to $1,282.50 in the previous session, its lowest since 25 January. US gold futures also advanced 0.2 percent to $1,289.80 per ounce. The dollar, against a group of six major currencies, was trading close to its two-week high of 96.816 posted in the previous session. [caption id=“attachment_5997841” align=“alignleft” width=“380”]A employee works on 1 kg. gold bars in Ahlatci Metal Refinery in the central Anatolian city of Corum, Turkey, May 11, 2017. Picture taken May 11, 2017. REUTERS/Umit Bektas - RTS16BMC Representational image. Reuters.[/caption] “People are more comfortable in moving out of safe-haven assets and gold is coming under pressure from that,” said Jeffrey Halley, senior market analyst at OANDA. “A lot of money was parked in gold at the start of the year, waiting for clarity on tariffs. Now that we are seeing little bit of optimism on the tariffs that is sort of undermining pillars for buying gold,” Halley said, adding that if yields continued to rise, that would further pressure gold. US secretary of state Mike Pompeo said on Monday he thought the United States and China were “on the cusp” of a deal to end their trade war. However, a slight slip in the Asian equity market triggered by a cut in China’s economic growth target supported gold prices on Tuesday. China cut its growth target for this year to 6.0 to 6.5 percent, in line with expectations, from around 6.5 percent last year, fuelling concerns about global growth. “Global growth concerns are a long-term factor and we will see some support coming in for gold,” said Renisha Chainani, head of commodity and currency research at Monarch Networth Capital, adding that central banks buying bullion should also be positive for prices. China and India raised gold holdings in January, according to data from International Monetary Fund (IMF). Meanwhile, investors will be eyeing European Central Bank’s monetary policy meeting on Thursday and US non-farm payrolls data on Friday. Gold may fall to $1,271 per ounce, as it has broken a support at $1,289, according to Reuters analyst Wang Tao. Tracking bullion prices, holdings of SPDR Gold Trust, the world’s largest gold-backed exchange-traded fund, fell 0.76 percent on Monday from Friday. Holdings have fallen over 2 percent so far this year. Among the other precious metals, palladium slipped 0.6 percent to $1,524.44 per ounce. Spot silver gained 0.4 percent to $15.13, while platinum was 0.5 percent higher at $838.77 per ounce.

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