Gold Hits 10-Month Low
Gold hit its lowest since February on Thursday, extending losses after its biggest monthly decline in more than three years, as a surge in oil prices boosted bond yields, denting interest in non-yielding gold as an alternative investment.
Bullion steadied later in the day as the dollar fell to new session lows. Spot gold was flat at $1,172.65 an ounce having reached a 10-month low of $1,160.38, Reuters reported.
US gold futures for February delivery settled down 0.4% at $1,169.40 per ounce.
The precious metal fell more than 8% in November, hurt by a jump in the dollar and Treasury yields after Donald Trump’s surprise election to the US presidency led to speculation that his commitment to infrastructure spending would spur growth and inflation. That pushed the dollar sharply higher, though it retreated on Thursday.
“Gold has effectively gone into a downward spiral, triggered by the Trump election and the dollar strength that has come through from that,” Oxford Economics analyst Daniel Smith said. “We see that dollar strength persisting over the next year, so there are a lot of reasons to think gold is going to struggle.”
Yields on benchmark US 10-year Treasury notes hit 16-1/2-month highs on Thursday and Germany led eurozone government bond yields higher.
“In the near term, gold continues to look fragile, and in our view the market will likely remain under some pressure ahead of the December FOMC meeting,” said Joni Teves, strategist for UBS Global Research.
The Federal Reserve is widely expected to lift interest rates for only the second time in a decade at its Dec. 13-14 meeting.
source: Financial Tribune
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