Gold costs hit over two-week low on stronger greenback, bond yields

By Brijesh Patel

(Reuters) – Gold costs slipped to a greater than two-week low on Friday, weighed down by a stronger greenback and an uptick in bond yields after upbeat U.S. financial information bolstered bets over potential tapering of stimulus measures by the Federal Reserve.

Spot gold slid 0.4{bce2ac57dae147ae13b811f47f24d80c66c6ab504b39dda4a9b6e8ac93725942} to $1,862.68 per ounce as of 0230 GMT, having hit its lowest since Might 19 at $1,855.59 earlier within the session. Costs have fallen greater than 2{bce2ac57dae147ae13b811f47f24d80c66c6ab504b39dda4a9b6e8ac93725942} to date this week.

U.S. gold futures dropped 0.5{bce2ac57dae147ae13b811f47f24d80c66c6ab504b39dda4a9b6e8ac93725942} at $1,864.10 per ounce.

“A a lot stronger greenback, rise in U.S. Treasury yields together with a mixture of usually overbought circumstances in gold led to a reasonably respectable sell-off,” ED&F Man Capital Markets analyst Edward Meir mentioned.

“We additionally had hints from the Fed that it may very well be opening as much as the potential of tightening. We nonetheless are constructive on gold and see some shopping for if the declines proceed.”

The greenback index jumped to a three-week excessive in opposition to its rivals, making gold costlier for holders of different currencies, whereas the benchmark 10-year yield rose to 1.63{bce2ac57dae147ae13b811f47f24d80c66c6ab504b39dda4a9b6e8ac93725942}.

Information on Thursday confirmed the variety of Individuals submitting new claims for unemployment advantages dropped beneath 400,000 final week, whereas U.S. non-public employers stepped up hiring in Might.

The US is weathering the pandemic and starting to make progress towards full employment and a pair of{bce2ac57dae147ae13b811f47f24d80c66c6ab504b39dda4a9b6e8ac93725942} inflation, Fed Financial institution of Dallas President Robert Kaplan mentioned.

Traders are additionally maintaining watch on U.S. Might non-farm payrolls information due afterward Friday, for extra cues on labour market restoration on this planet’s greatest financial system and near-term coverage motion from the Fed.

Elsewhere, silver slipped 0.5{bce2ac57dae147ae13b811f47f24d80c66c6ab504b39dda4a9b6e8ac93725942} to $27.31 per ounce and was on monitor for the largest weekly fall since late March.

Palladium fell 0.3{bce2ac57dae147ae13b811f47f24d80c66c6ab504b39dda4a9b6e8ac93725942} to $2,829.26 and platinum was down 0.7{bce2ac57dae147ae13b811f47f24d80c66c6ab504b39dda4a9b6e8ac93725942} at $1,148.50.

 

(Reporting by Brijesh Patel in Bengaluru; Enhancing by Ramakrishnan M.)

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