Daily Market Report

GOLD After last week’s volatility in the Gold market, it appears that the Gold price is consolidating in a tight trading range today. Gold has traded today with a low of $1,566 to a high of $1,582 on a normal volume of trading. At 11am PDT today, Gold is trading at $1,574, down $3 per ounce on average volume. Central...

GOLD Weaker than expected U.S. non-farm employment numbers, combined with a sell-off of the U.S. Dollar versus the Euro, helped Gold rally today. This morning I noticed that a good number of commodity floor traders were covering their short sales ahead of the weekend. Many of the CME commodity professionals shorted Gold on Tuesday when it didn’t hold the $1,580...

GOLD Gold is finding excellent price support with strong demand at its current level, in the face of a very strong U.S. Dollar. Gold did reach $1,540.10 per ounce (9,550 Chinese Yuan) early this morning when sizeable buying appeared, taking the market back above $1,550 per ounce. At 11am PDT today, Gold was at $1,554 per ounce, unchanged and on...

GOLD Gold has been on the defensive most of the day, reaching a major support level low of $1,550 per ounce earlier today. Yesterday and today’s $48 correction in the Gold price was mainly caused by the report from SPDR Gold Shares (GLD) --- the most popular paper Gold ETF ---of an eight metric tonnes drop in their Gold holdings...

GOLD Gold dropped to a low of $1,573 this morning as strength in the US Dollar ($1.27 to the Euro) increased from reports of weak manufacturing data and increasing unemployment in the Eurozone. Gold’s weakness was also caused by an increase in US equities following upbeat sales data for car makers and global investors escaping from weak European countries. At...

GOLD The Gold price continues to stay in a very tight trading range, as many European financial markets are closed for the Easter Monday Holiday. Today’s high/low has ranged from $1,601 per ounce, to a low of $1,594 per ounce. At 11am PDT today, Gold is trading up $3.50 per ounce, at $1,600.50 per ounce on light volume. Gold’s consolidation...

GOLD & SILVER Precious Metal Markets are closed today in celebration of Good Friday. The markets will be open on Monday.

GOLD It appears that Gold is consolidating in a $1,590 to $1,610 per ounce trading range, awaiting some clear results from the Eurozone on polices to deal with the current financial crisis in Cyprus. We continue to see sizable physical demand for Gold, and selling of ETF paper Gold. At 11am PDT today Gold is trading at $1,597, down $9...

GOLD Today was a very bullish day for Gold owners. Earlier this morning in the Asian markets Gold traded down to as low as $1,590 per ounce on lackluster interest. At that point a major and very aggressive buyer appeared who made a sizable purchase (Central Bank?), rallying the market back above the key $1,600 per ounce resistance/support level. This...

GOLDGold fell below the key $1,600 per ounce support level this morning after Cyprus averted a financial crisis and clinched a last-ditch rescue deal. The European Central Bank is working to calm anxiety that this bailout could have negative implications for other Eurozone countries. At 11am PDT today, Gold is trading at $1,597 per ounce, down $6 per ounce on...