Weekly Market Report

Since February of 2017, Gold has traded between $1,201 and $1,298 per ounce. During that period of time Gold has made two attempts to break above the key $1,300 per ounce resistance level. The third attempt . . . . 

Last Friday, Gold closed at $1,271 per ounce, down $9 for the week. Last week was an exciting week with Gold making a new 2017 high . . . .

Three major factors helped Gold breakout above the key $1,270 per ounce level last week . . . . 

Gold started the year at $1,150 per ounce and reached a high of $1,297 on April 17, a $147 increase . . . . 

Last week, many of Gold’s indicators turned bullish and the price reacted with a $26 per ounce rally. Gold reached a high of $1,265 last Thursday, before seeing short-term selling . . . . 

Last week we saw the turn in precious metal prices. Gold made a new 60-day low last Tuesday at $1,214 per ounce before heavy trading volume started pushing the Gold price higher . . . .

Last week wasn’t pretty for Gold investors. During those five trading days, Gold declined $41.40 per ounce, closing last Friday at $1,226.90 per ounce. A number of factors caused the drop in the Gold price . . . . 

Last Friday, Gold closed at $1,266 per ounce, down $23 per ounce from the 2017 high of $1,289 reached on April 21. The slide in the Gold price started on Monday, after Marine Le Pen, leader of the National Front, came in second in the French runoff . . . .

Gold has now increased six weeks in a row, closing at $1,289.10 per ounce last Friday; an $88 increase over the past six weeks, and up $139 (12%) since the beginning of 2017, a new record high for the year . . . .

Last week, Gold hit a new 2017 high, reaching $1,273 during Friday trading. As the U.S. launched a Tomahawk missile attack against Syria last Thursday night, Gold quickly rallied $21 per ounce . . . .