For gold bugs, 2013 was certainly a year to forget with the precious metal continuing its remorseless journey lower, a journey punctuated with minor rallies which promised much, but delivered little. To say it was a gloomy end to the year would an understatement.
Gold continued to trade in a narrow range once again yesterday, with the April gold futures contract closing marginally lower and ending the gold trading session with a narrow spread down candle, closing just below the psychological $1600 per ounce level at $1594.80 per ounce.
Gold bugs finally had something to cheer about today as April gold futures finally awoke from their recent slumbers, trading higher in today’s session, and moving to test the $1600 per ounce price level. The catalyst for this modest recovery for gold was from the ECB, with suggestions that inflationary pressure was easing in the Eurozone, but hardly sufficient to spark a reversal in the longer term trend!
Gold bugs finally had something to cheer about today as April gold futures finally awoke from their recent slumbers, trading higher in today’s session, and moving to test the $1600 per ounce price level
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Daily Energy Report – The oil markets may trade higher again in the near-term, however, the fundamental picture still remains somewhat weak at the moment.
Traders start out the week with the U.S. dollar broadly lower against the major currency pairs. The moves comes on the hope the U.S. policymakers can reach a deal before the fiscal cliff deadline which in turn pushed sentiment toward risk appetite assets and away from the safety of the U.S. dollar.
A portion of this post was published also in the public section Traders start out the week with the U.S. dollar broadly lower against the major currency pairs. The moves comes on the hope the U.S. policymakers can reach a deal before the fiscal cliff deadline which in turn pushed sentiment toward risk appetite assets and away from the safety of the U.S. dollar.
Welcome to today’s Morning Coffee Break – traders had a case of Deja vu yesterday as the U.S. markets traded similar to last week ahead of the European Central Bank (ECB) and U.S Federal Reserve meetings. U.S. futures are indicating a positive opening today with the Dow Jones fair value of 30.36, S&P 500 fair value of 2.33 and the NASDAQ’s fair value currently at 5.37.
Welcome to today’s Morning Coffee Break – U.S futures are indicating a lower open with fair value for the Dow Jones at -23.10, S&P 500 at -2.24 and the NASDAQ fair value at -5.84. Market participants will get to hear from two Federal Reserve officials throughout the day today.
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