Daily Market Report

GOLD Today we are seeing excellent consolidation in the Gold market. After April’s price volatility, Gold is now developing an excellent trading range in the $1,450 to $1,490 per ounce levels. At 11am PDT today, Gold is up $4.00 per ounce trading at $1,469 per ounce on excellent volume. Late last Friday a report by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission...

GOLD Gold reached $1,488 per ounce in Asia this morning before the U.S. Labor Department announced that the U.S. economy added 165,000 net new jobs and the unemployment rate dropped to 7.5%, its lowest level in more than five years. The financial markets feel that positive economic signs, like an improvement in employment numbers, would make the Federal Reserve less...

GOLD Gold went up $17 per ounce early Thursday morning after the European Central Bank (ECB) cut its interest rates by .25% for the first time in 10 months, and President Mario Draghi said the central bank is technically ready for negative interest rates. Lower interest rates favor Gold as they encourage investors to put money into non-interest bearing assets...

GOLD Gold sold off this morning testing the $1,450 support level, and reaching $1,440 per ounce at one point. Excellent buying volume came into the Gold market today when it was trading below the $1,450 level. At 11am PDT Gold was down $21 per ounce, trading at $1,451 per ounce on excellent volume. On Tuesday the Arizona State Senate approved...

GOLD Today we are seeing Gold trade in a narrow price range with a weaker dollar on prospects of further monetary easing in the United States and Europe. Weak US growth data has raised expectations the Federal Reserve will keep its bond buying at $85 billion a month, while the European Central Bank (ECB) is widely expected to announce an...

GOLD Gold opened higher this morning in Asia, Europe, and the U.S., based on reports that physical demand around the globe is increasing while inventories are dropping. Gold coin sales by the U.S. Mint are running at the highest level since December 2009. Gold sales and volumes at Chow Sang Holdings International’s 44 retail stores in Hong Kong more than...

GOLD Gold traded as high as $1,484 per ounce earlier this morning, with good demand from Asia and a weaker U.S. Dollar. Gold then sold off to hit $1,448 per ounce later in the day. Gold needs a little consolidation time at this point, maybe through early next week, before continuing the rally to the next resistance level of $1,500...

GOLD Gold rallied this morning in the face of deceasing paper Gold holdings. The SPDR Gold ETF (GLD) reported that Gold storage dropped to 1,092.98 metric tonnes late yesterday, down 30 metric tonnes from last Friday, and the lowest level in over two years. This decline in investor stored Gold is being offset by the recent surge in global physical...

GOLD Yesterday Gold tested the $1,400 per ounce support level for the 2nd time and held with good volume. During yesterday’s and today’s trading most of the professionals preferred to own Gold at the current level then to sell it. This morning I saw the traders wanting to buy Gold from the opening gun and fresh investor demand followed. At...

GOLD Goldman Sachs said this morning that they had taken their profit and closed out their short Gold trade and are now neutral on the precious metal. UBS commented this morning that they are seeing tremendous buying of Gold in Asia, with Shanghai Gold Exchange reaching a new record of 57.6 metric tons of Gold in Monday’s trading. With this...