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Gold hit record high early Friday over the $2800 benchmark on tariff fears and then returned over that mark on this morning’s PCE data. The yellow metal is poised for its best month since March 2024 amid concerns about possible U.S. tariffs, which President Donald Trump has said will kick in Saturday. Continue reading →

Gold steady ahead of the release of the Fed minutes later today as investors await further signals on the pace of interest rate cuts from the first Federal Reserve policy meeting of 2025. Continue reading →

Gold slumps from near an all-time high early Monday as the dollar strengthened ahead of the Fed meeting. The yellow metal also under pressure as the stock market experiences major sell off on news of China’s startup DeepSeek that is being touted as a competitive AI model for a fraction of the cost. Continue reading →

Gold rallied early Friday, trading near an all-time record high and poised for a weekly gain on haven demand, as investors sought a hedge against geopolitical and economic uncertainty from U.S. President Donald Trump’s new policies on tariffs, trade and immigration. Continue reading →

Gold extends gains to an 11-week high early Wednesday on a softer dollar and safe haven demand, making the yellow metal a more attractive asset for investors. Continue reading →

Gold steady early Monday in light holiday trading as investors awaited further direction ahead of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s inaugural address later in the day. Continue reading →

Gold slips in Friday morning trading, but still headed for its third consecutive weekly rise, as investors firmed bets that the Federal Reserve will resume interest rate cuts this year. Continue reading →

Gold rises on this morning’s consumer price index report that showed softer inflation, lifting spot prices near the $2700 benchmark, as investors gain hope for another Fed rate cut. Continue reading →

Gold softened early Monday as investors continue to digest Friday’s jobs report and the boosted dollar while awaiting this week’s key inflation reports for further direction. Underlying safe-haven demand amid uncertainty around President-elect Donald Trump’s policies curbed losses. Continue reading →

Gold aiming for best week in seven while hitting a four-week peak on Friday, boosting on safe-haven demand driven by uncertainty over the coming policies of President-elect Donald Trump. Continue reading →

Gold boosts on this morning’s key jobs report that shows slowing growth, leading to hopes of interest rate cuts. Talk of tariffs and a trade war are risk strengthening, which supports gold. Continue reading →

Gold touches three-week high early Friday, extending the 2024 rally, before slipping on this morning’s ISM report. The yellow metal posted its biggest annual gain since 2010 as the yellow metal attracted haven investors seeking safe assets amid geopolitical and economic uncertainty. Continue reading →

Gold tips lower early Monday ahead of holiday as investors looked to January and with it both the change in U.S. presidential administrations and an upcoming Federal Reserve decision. Continue reading →

Gold eyes weekly rise early Friday in light holiday trading volumes as investors continued to mull the outlook for monetary policy following last week’s Federal Reserve interest rate cut while watching rising tensions in the Middle East. However, the bullion is getting pressure from rising Treasury yields. Continue reading →

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Gold drifts lower early Monday on a stronger dollar as investors parsed last week’s monetary policy decision by the Federal Reserve alongside the latest inflation report. Continue reading →

Gold claws back above the $2600 benchmark on this morning’s inflation data, but still looks headed for a weekly loss after the Fed signaled in its Wednesday meeting that the it wouldn’t cut interest rates as many times as had previously been expected in 2025. Continue reading →

Gold tips up in Monday morning trading ahead of Fed meeting as investors awaited the minutes from the policymakers this week that set the stage for potential interest rate cuts in the year ahead. Continue reading →

Gold slips on profit-taking early Friday, but still headed for a weekly rally amid heightened expectations of an interest rate cut next week by the Federal Reserve. Continue reading →

Gold extends gains trading near a two-week high early Wednesday, after a U.S. inflation print showed that consumer prices rose in line with economists’ expectations. The yellow metal also getting support from haven demand driven by geopolitical risk.  Continue reading →

Gold boosts on China Central bank purchases and strengthening expectations for an interest rate cut at the Federal Reserve’s meeting next week. China resumed gold purchases after a six-month pause. Continue reading →

Gold ticks up after a key jobs report shows higher numbers for November than expected, but the bullion appears to be aiming for a second consecutive weekly drop. Continue reading →

Gold ticked up early Wednesday on the first of this week’s jobs report as investors await comments from Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell later today for direction on monetary policy. Continue reading →

Gold waned early Monday as the dollar strengthened against the euro on political tensions that may topple the government flared in France. Continue reading →

Gold rises early Wednesday after the minutes of the Federal Reserve’s last policy meeting, which were released Tuesday, showed that the central bank is confident that inflation is easing and the labor market is strong, both conditions for additional interest rate cuts. Continue reading →

Gold slips early Monday on trader profit taking, after prices of the metal soared to a three-week peak last week. Continue reading →

Gold aims for its best week in a year, rising over 1% earlier in Friday’s session, as the conflict between Russia and Ukraine escalated, triggering haven demand. Continue reading →

Gold climbs back over one-week high, after losing ground in the early hours of Wednesday trading on a stronger dollar. Gold came back on bargain buying, supported by the apparent escalation in the conflict between Russia and Ukraine which is triggering some haven demand. Continue reading →

Gold rebounds early Monday, rallying from last week’s selloff on a flat dollar, putting the yellow metal back above the $2600 an ounce benchmark. The bullion was also buoyed by bargain hunters buying the dip. Continue reading →

Gold heads for a down week driven by Fed speculation. The yellow metal was little changed early Friday, but is poised for its worst week in more than three years, after Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said that the central bank doesn’t need to be “in a hurry” to cut interest rates because of strong economic growth. A rising dollar is also suppressing the bullion. Continue reading →

Gold ticks up on mild inflation report after hitting its lowest point in nearly two-months in the previous trading session. The yellow metal had already regained ground near the $2600 benchmark in early morning bargain hunting. Continue reading →

Gold down as dollar surges in early morning trading. The yellow metal extended declines early Monday after tumbling last week on rising bond yields and a stronger dollar after Donald Trump’s reelection to the White House. The dollar index rose 0.3% in early morning trading following last week’s weekly gain. Continue reading →

Gold steady after the Fed rate cut announcement on Wednesday and post-election volatility as Donald Trump prepared to return to the White House. The yellow metal dipped in early morning trading, but the bulls have since brought it back near the $2700 an ounce threshhold. Continue reading →

Gold fell on election results and a surging dollar as well as bond yields after former U.S. President Donald Trump was named the President-elect. The increases in the other assets put pressure on gold as an alternate investment. Continue reading →

Gold steady, little changed early Monday, as the markets and the world waited for the outcome of this week’s U.S. presidential election, and Fed rate decision. Continue reading →

Gold gains on Friday morning’s jobs data which missed expectations. The jobs data combines with yesterday’s U.S. inflation data to pave the way for further interest rate decreases. Continue reading →

Gold rallies early Wednesday to a new record high on election-related haven demand as investors eye the uncertainty surrounding the upcoming U.S. presidential election. The yellow metal shrugged off this morning’s positive jobs report, keeping spot gold near $2,789.73, its newly claimed high. Continue reading →

Gold slips early Monday as some geopolitical risk ebbs after Iran said its oil industry was operating normally following Israel’s strike on military targets over the weekend. The yellow metal fell $22 an ounce from last week’s record high before climbing its way back above $2740. Continue reading →

Gold heads for a weekly increase, despite some early Friday profit-taking, as haven demand grows triggered by increasing geopolitical tensions and the risks associated with the upcoming U.S. presidential election.

Gold rises to another record high early Wednesday on geopolitical risk including the conflicts in the Middle East and the upcoming U.S. election. Spot gold hit a record high of $2,758.37 while U.S. gold futures edged 0.2% higher to $2,764.30. Since the high, the bullion has dropped on profit-taking with spot gold slipping $20 an ounce. Continue reading →

Gold hits new record over $2700 an ounce, extending gains early Monday, on haven demand driven by Mideast tensions. Silver also soared over $34 an ounce to hit its highest point since 2012. Continue reading →

Gold jumps above $2,700 an ounce early Friday on haven demand from the escalating geopolitical risk in the Middle East. Continue reading →

Gold gains early Wednesday, edging up on weaker equities, and Treasury bond yields, making gold a more attractive alternate asset for investors. Continue reading →

Gold steady in Monday trading, balanced between two pressures: a stronger dollar making the yellow metal a less attractive alternate investment and the outlook for Federal Reserve interest rate cuts and geopolitical risk which offer gold support. Continue reading →

Gold ticks up in Friday morning trading as investors digest the release of this morning’s mild PPI report showing easing key inflation for September.

Gold ticks down Friday morning on the release of a key U.S. jobs report for September, which may provide signals on the timing and size of the Federal Reserve’s planned upcoming interest rate cuts. Continue reading →

Gold slips in Wednesday morning trading on profit-taking and a stronger dollar, but the yellow metal still remained near recent record highs supported by the escalation of conflicts in the Middle East. Gold shrugged off this morning’s U.S. employment data. Continue reading →

Gold slips on profit-taking early Monday following the yellow metal’s recent record highs, while haven demand following an escalation in the Middle East conflicts over the weekend supported it. Continue reading →

Gold headed for weekly gain, sticking near Thursday’s record high. The yellow metal shrugged off this morning’s mild inflation report. Continue reading →

Gold extends its record-setting gains early Wednesday amid anticipation of more Federal Reserve interest rate cuts and the worsening conflicts in the Middle East. Continue reading →

Gold rallies to new record high early Monday, extending the rally that began after last week’s Federal Reserve interest rate cut. Continue reading →

Gold builds to a new record high over the $2600 benchmark early Friday after rallying Thursday on the Federal Reserve’s mid-week interest rate cut. The bullion also getting a boost from on-going geopolitical concerns in the Mid-East. Continue reading →

Gold gains on a weaker dollar Wednesday and traded near a record ahead of the Fed’s rate decision in the afternoon. Continue reading →

Gold extended gains and traded around record levels early Friday amid optimism about Federal Reserve interest rate cuts next week after a number of data releases this week showed that the economy may be slowing. Gold has hit record highs in each of the past six months and gained about 24% so far in 2024. Continue reading →

Gold drifts a tad lower Wednesday despite this morning’s inflation report that reflects the continuing easing of that economic dynamic, which may influence next week’s Federal Reserve’s monetary policy decision. Continue reading →