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Gold ticks up with US inflation information in focus

Gold prices edged up on Monday as U.S. Treasury yields relieved, while financiers waited for inflation reading due later today that could influence the Federal Reserve's interest rate trajectory.

Area gold was up 0.3% to $2,327.58 per ounce as of 1152 GMT, after dropping 1% on Friday due to a more powerful dollar. U.S. gold futures increased 0.4% to $2,340.00.

Criteria 10-year U.S. Treasury yields edged down, making non-yielding bullion more appealing for financiers.

The focus remains on incoming U.S. financial information and if that information confirms a soft landing, permitting the Fed to cut interest rates, UBS expert Giovanni Staunovo said.

We continue to see gold supported, targeting a cost of $ 2,600 per ounce at the end of the year.

The Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE) information, the Fed's. preferred procedure of inflation is due on Friday. Through this. week, at least five Fed officials will speak, including San. Francisco Fed President Mary Daly, Fed Governors Lisa Cook, and. Michelle Bowman.

Traders are presently pricing in a 66% chance of Fed rate. cut in September, according to CME FedWatch Tool.

Lower rates decrease the opportunity cost of holding bullion.

Information on Friday revealed that U.S. business activity approached. to a 26-month high in June but price pressures diminished. significantly.

On the geopolitical front, eight Palestinians were killed on. Sunday in an Israeli airstrike on a training college near Gaza. City being utilized to disperse help.

Among other precious metals, spot silver increased 0.5% to. $ 29.66 per ounce and platinum acquired about 1% to. $ 1,002.60.

Palladium gained 4.1% to $987.56. In the previous. session, rates hit a one-month high and briefly broke above the. crucial level of $1,000 per troy ounce in volatile trade as some. investors covered their short positions and the marketplace was tight. for close-by physical supply.

(source: Reuters)