GOLD SNAPS 3-DAY LOSING STREAK AMID RISK-OFF MOOD AMONGST THE INVESTORS
Gold inches higher in the Asian trading hours on Friday amid risk-off amongst the equity investors. Besides, the optimism surrounding the rollout of Covid-19 vaccines globally is also diminishing the safe-haven appeal of the yellow metal. As of now, the bullion is trading at the level of $1773.24 per ounce, representing a gain of 0.21%.
Coming to the previous trading session, the precious metal encountered massive selling on the back of developments on the vaccinations front. The news about the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine shots performing well in the real-world as it did in the clinical trials dented the demand for gold. On an economic docket, the US Unemployment Claims data that arrived at 730k, better than the market expectations of 828k weighed over the yellow metal. Consequently, the bullion ended the day at $1769.40 per ounce, down by 1.94%.
Going forward, the US would unveil its Core PCE Price Index m/m, Personal Income and Spending m/m, Chicago PMI and Revised UoM Consumer Sentiment statistics that would steer the gold prices.
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Gold inches higher in the Asian trading hours on Friday amid risk-off amongst the equity investors. Besides, the optimism surrounding the rollout of Covid-19 vaccines globally is also diminishing the safe-haven appeal of the yellow metal. As of now, the bullion is trading at the level of $1773.24 per ounce, representing a gain of 0.21%.
Coming to the previous trading session, the precious metal encountered massive selling on the back of developments on the vaccinations front. The news about the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine shots performing well in the real-world as it did in the clinical trials dented the demand for gold. On an economic docket, the US Unemployment Claims data that arrived at 730k, better than the market expectations of 828k weighed over the yellow metal. Consequently, the bullion ended the day at $1769.40 per ounce, down by 1.94%.
Going forward, the US would unveil its Core PCE Price Index m/m, Personal Income and Spending m/m, Chicago PMI and Revised UoM Consumer Sentiment statistics that would steer the gold prices.
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