Both Gold & Silver are testing support levels
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Last week, Gold rallied a whopping $72 per ounce, closing the week at $1,951 on excellent trading volume. This is the highest price for Gold since Sept. 18th. Most of the Gold rally occurred last Thursday, on indications that Joe Biden could become the next President of the United States. On Thursday, New York COMEX trading for the popular December 100-oz Gold contract reached $1,946 per ounce, the highest volume it’s seen in the past six weeks.
Last week was an exciting week for the Presidential Election and for precious metal prices.
Let me recap:
On Monday, Gold was up $12 on a strong feeling that the 2020 election could be a Democratic blue wave.
On Tuesday, as it was made clear that the 2020 election would have a record voter turnout and mail-in ballots, Gold continued higher, up another $18, over the key $1,900 resistance level.
On Wednesday, as it was reported that an extraordinary amount of Trump voters had gone to the polls and President Trump was ahead in the voting, Gold dropped $14.
On Thursday, the media was reporting that Biden was in the lead, based on an estimate of a sizeable number of mail-in ballots, in mostly Democratic cities. Also, that was the day COVID-19 cases jumped over 120,000 and the U.S. Dollar Index dropped below 93. Gold increased over $50 per ounce on heavy volume.
Friday, more and more ballots were counted by a number of key states, and Biden was building a lead. The U.S. Dollar continued to drop. Gold rallied up $5, over the key $1,950 per ounce level. Biden’s commitment to massive stimulus programs with the recent drop in the US. Dollar Index helped Gold move higher.
Today: Today's news that Pfizer has a COVID-19 vaccine that is 90% effective has caused a major change in today’s market. Gold, the most popular safe haven investment is being sold today, and the equity markets are surging. The thought of a recovery from the current pandemic has encouraged investors to change their strategy today, to stocks that will rally when the recovery starts. Gold reached a high of $1,965 in early Asian trading this morning, then came the drop of over $90 per ounce.
Last week, the Silver price followed Gold higher, closing Friday at $25.64, up an amazing $2.13 per ounce. Silver moved above the key $24 level on Tuesday, then above the $25 resistance level on Thursday as Presidential election news was updated.
The Silver-to-Gold ratio dropped last week to 76.05-to-1
Today: Silver briefly traded above the $26 resistance level in Asian trading, then came the Pfizer news. Silver is currently trading below the $24 level.