Atsuko Whitehouse

GOLD AND SILVER PRICES stabilised from a flash crash to hit 4 and 8-month lows respectively at the start of Asian trading today due to low liquidity and Fed tapering fears, while oil slid further on concerns over new coronavirus related restrictions in Asia.

GOLD PRICES fell even against a weak US Dollar on Monday as Asian and European stock markets rose amid widening hopes for a vaccine-led economic recovery while the UK and EU agreed to a last-gasp extension to Brexit trade talks.

GOLD PRICES slipped against a rising US Dollar Monday in London as the British Pound fell amid a new crisis in the UK’s Brexit negotiations, and traders looked ahead to this week’s monetary policy decision from the 19-nation European Central Bank.

GOLD PRICES gained this Monday lunch time as the dollar declined while global stocks rallied as the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a therapeutic treatment for Covid-19 patients and central bank speculation rose ahead of the Jackson Hole Symposium.

GOLD PRICES have now hit fresh highs four days in a row while Thursday saw European stocks fall as traders focus on US stimulus talks and US job data.

GOLD surged to fresh all-time high early Monday morning, as rising Covid-19 cases and simmering US-China tensions dented hopes for swift economic recovery. Price dislocation between London and New York “diminished” gold futures market impacting movement of physical gold.

GOLD PRICES dropped Monday in London as European stock markets and crude oil tumbled amid widening reports that a second wave of the deadly novel coronavirus pandemic is taking hold.

GOLD PRICES climbed to the highest US Dollar value in nearly 8 years and set fresh all-time highs against most other major currencies on Monday as central banks warned of a protracted economic slump from the Virus Crisis, with more ‘extraordinary’ monetary policy needed to offset it.

GOLD PRICES rose Thursday lunchtime while initial jobless claims showed another 3 million American filing for unemployment benefits and Donald Trump threatens to terminate phase one trade deal with China.

GOLD steadied Monday as stock markets retreated from last week’s gains and US crude oil prices fell to new 21-year lows despite the Trump White House pushing some states to relax Covid Crisis lockdown

Global stock markets slipped, while the US Dollar returned to rising – suggesting a new dash for cash after a 4-session break – after President Donald Trump abruptly abandoned his ambition to return American life to normal by Easter

GOLD PRICES jumped Monday, reaching 3-session highs above $1525 per ounce as government bond prices rose but world stock markets and commodities fell yet again after the US Federal Reserve made its 3rd unscheduled emergency policy change of March 2020 so far, aimed at “supporting the economy” amid the Covid-19 shutdown.

GOLD fell from 3-week highs, as risk sentiment recovered – and Western stock markets rallied despite plunge in Chinese equities as Beijing vowed to ensure financial stability amid coronavirus emergency.

GOLD PRICES jumped 1% at the start of Asian trading before easing back on Monday as the Chinese coronavirus death-toll rose 81 with almost 3,000 confirmed sick.

GOLD PRICES jumped to near 7-year highs against the US Dollar plus a raft of new record highs in other major currencies at the start of Asian trade Monday as the bullion market opened following this weekend’s serious escalation of US-Iran tensions.

GOLD PRICES rallied weakly from Friday’s slump on Monday in London, regaining just 0.2% ahead of a busy week with US and Eurozone central bank meetings, continued US impeachment hearings over President Trump, the UK general election, and the looming US-China tariff deadline.

GOLD PRICES rose Monday morning as Washington and Beijing put additional tariffs on each other’s exports and new data said hedge funds increased their bullish betting on bullion to a new all-time high last week.

GOLD PRICES rose on Wednesday as shrinking German economy outweighed the Trump tariff relief while yield curves inverted in the US & UK to spread recession fear. Spot gold increased by 1% to $1515 per ounce while European shares fell as Germany’s GDP shrank by 0.1% between April and June, fuelling fears of a recession for Europe’s largest economy.

GOLD PRICES soared this Monday morning to multi-year highs in major currencies as China weakens the Yuan which breached the crucial 7-per-dollar as the US-China trade war escalates.

GOLD PRICES firmed on Monday at the start of an event-filled week that features the resumption of US-China trade talks, an expected Federal Reserve interest-rate cut and the release of US Nonfarm payroll numbers.

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