Gold continued to shine brightly this past week leading into the Federal Reserve meeting ending on Wednesday afternoon with a press conference by Janet Yellen detailing the Fed decision. Gold closed the week at 1276.60 with a gain again on Friday, which surprised markets after gold dipped on the stronger US dollar Friday morning. Silver soared to 17.34 seeing a gain of 72 points at the end of the week. Platinum continued to diverge from precious metals to fall $10 to trade at 993.60. A number of analysts have become more bullish and believe gold will continue to rise.
“As long as we continue to see the tailwind from falling bond yields, from Brexit worries and from a dollar which has been under a bit of pressure again, gold and silver will continue to perform,” said Ole Hansen, head of commodity strategy at Saxo bank. Hansen added that he thought it was possible for gold to break the $1,300 mark, while silver could also jump over to more than $18. Commerzbank also rode the gold train this week, claiming higher risk aversion was driving the gold price.
Euro is currently being traded few points above 1.1280 level, Sterling is around 1.4250 handle, while Aussie is at 0.74 area.
Source: FxEmpire.com