Precious Metals Market Report
Monday 31 July, 2017
Fundamentals and News*
Gold Heads for Monthly Gain as China Buys and U.S. Growth Misses
Gold is set for a sixth monthly gain in seven as Chinese data showed the country’s purchases of bullion bars in the first half jumped 51 percent from a year earlier.
Bullion climbed Friday as the U.S. dollar weakened after a report showed U.S. growth was lower than expected in the second quarter. Buying of bars by China rose to 158.4 metric tons, while overall demand gained 9.9 percent, the China Gold Association said. Hong Kong figures and Swiss customs data also showed higher exports to China. The gains outweighed a drop in purchases of gold exchange-traded funds.
Restocking rather than end-user demand might be behind the surge in imports,” Simona
The U.S. economy grew 2.6 percent last quarter, compared with the average estimate of 2.7 percent. Excluding food and energy, the Fed’s preferred price index, tied to personal spending, rose at a 0.9 percent annualized rate, matching the weakest gain since 2010.
“There’s not a lot of inflation in the system,” said Bart Melek, head of global commodity strategy at TD Securities in Toronto. “There is no impetus for the Fed to get overly tight going into 2018. That’s a pretty decent environment for gold.”
Traders in their longest bullish run since April in a Bloomberg survey
Gold for immediate delivery rose 0.8% to $1,269.78/oz at 2:42 p.m. in New York
Metal touched $1,270.48/oz, highest intraday since June 14
Gold futures for December delivery +0.7 percent to settle at $1,275.30/oz at 1:35 pm on Comex in N.Y.
Holdings in exchange-traded funds backed by gold fell Thursday for a fifth straight session
Funds shed 2.5% in four weeks
Holdings in SPDR Gold Trust, the largest fund, haven’t increased once in more than a month
“Gold ETFs have purchased significantly less gold than last year,” analysts at Commerzbank including Eugen Weinberg said in a note
Silver holdings down third day at 21,097.5 tons
Longest run of declines since June 6
Gold volume on LME climbed above 1 million ounces for the first time on Thursday
Volume was 1.17m oz compared with 405,100 oz Wednesday
LME introduced new precious-metals contracts July 10
Silver +0.8% at $16.7178/oz Platinum +0.9% at $933.73/oz Palladium +0.4% at $882.12/oz
(*source Bloomberg)
Data – Forthcoming Release
Technical Outlook and Commentary: Gold
Gold for Spot delivery was closed at $1269.64 an ounce; with a gain of $10.49 or 0.83 percent at 1.00 a.m. Dubai time closing, from its previous close of $1259.15
Spot Gold technically seems having resistance levels at 1271.8 and 1278.2 respectively, while the supports are seen at $1251.1 and 1244.8 respectively.
Technical Outlook and Commentary: Silver
Silver for Spot delivery was closed at $16.75 with the gain of $0.17 or 1.01 percent at 1.00 a.m. Dubai time closing, from its previous close of $16.58
The Fibonacci levels on chart are showing resistance at $16.82 and $16.96 while the supports are seen at $16.39and $ 16.25 respectively.
Resistance and Support Levels
Indications only, open & closing prices are bids; data source: Bloomberg; important disclaimer below; Times as per Dubai
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