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Gold retreats as US yields company; market waits for additional Fed assistance

Gold costs fell on Tuesday, weighed down by greater U.S. bond yields, as markets await inflation information that could clarify the scale of an anticipated interest rate cut from the Federal Reserve next month.

Area gold fell 0.2% to $2,512.63 per ounce, since 9:53 a.m. ET (1353 GMT), having actually eased from the record high of $ 2,531.60 struck recently. U.S. gold futures eased 0.3% to $ 2,547.90.

You're seeing some profit-taking by the shorter-term speculators after the recent gains ... We do have some outdoors market forces today that are maybe a little bit unfavorable, which would imply an uptick in bond yields, Jim Wyckoff, senior market analyst at Kitco Metals, wrote in a note.

The benchmark U.S. 10-year yields rose, making the non-yielding bullion less appealing for overseas purchasers.

Investors now await information for the Individual Intake Expenses (PCE), an essential inflation report and the Fed's. chosen inflation gauge, on Friday.

A surprise of hotter-than-expected inflation data could. somewhat affect the Fed's policy, but its ensured they will. cut interest rates in September and possibly again this year,. Wyckoff included.

Traders see a 71.5% opportunity of a 25-basis-point (bp) rate cut. in September and about a 28.5% possibility of a larger 50-bp. decrease, according to the CME FedWatch tool.

Bullion stays above the $2,500 per-ounce mental. level and is heading for its finest year given that 2020, driven by. financier optimism about approaching U.S. rate cuts and remaining. issues about the Middle East dispute.

Much of the favorable news for gold might for that reason currently. have actually been priced in. We feel vindicated in our view that gold. has no considerable advantage capacity for the time being,. Commerzbank wrote in a note.

We see more room for the 3 other rare-earth elements that. have not overtaken gold in current weeks

Among other metals, area silver fell 0.1% to $29.88. per ounce and platinum was down 0.6% to $956.20, while. palladium acquired 0.4% to $962.75.

(source: Reuters)