The US Dollar (USD) has paused its decline, supported by a risk-averse market environment and a slight increase in US Treasury yields. People's Bank of China (PBOC) keeps Interest unchanged prime lending rate, raising concerns about the lack of policy support to promote economic growth.
Markets are also nervous, awaiting more clarity on the state of the US economy from Thursday's Weekly Jobless Claims and Friday's preliminary business PMI report, which should help traders. Trading evaluates the timing of interest rate cuts by the US Federal Reserve (Fed) in the second half of this year.
If US Housing and Jobless Claims data disappoint and add to renewed dovish bets by the Fed, boosted by weaker-than-expected US Retail Sales data, the Dollar The US dollar could see a renewed selling pressure, creating further basis for Gold price momentum.
After breaking out 2340, gold retreated to the support zone 2333. This is an important support zone and enough to push gold back up to 2340 before the US economic data released today. Gold has formed a clearer uptrend after sideways from the beginning of the week until today.
Support: 2332 - 2325 - 2315 - 2305 - 2300 - 2291 - 2286
Resistance: 2340 - 2344 - 2350 - 2355
SELL price range 2353- 2355 stoploss 2359
BUY price range 2310-2312 stoploss 2307