Friday 25 August 2017

Gold still battling around $1300

It was a moderately bullish week for the precious metals, with Gold and Silver seeing net weekly gains of 0.5%    and 0.3% respectively. Near term outlook is leaning on the bullish side, but Gold is finding strong resistance at the $1300 threshold. Relative to gold, silver is notably still weak.


Gold weekly



Silver weekly



Summary

Suffice to add, the precious metals have been pushing upward since early July (along with the related mining stocks).

Gold is finding strong resistance around the $1300 threshold. Things would turn far more bullish with a daily/weekly close in the $1300s, and that would open the door to challenging the summer 2016 highs.

Considering the mid term weakness in the USD - settling the week in the DXY 92s, gold and silver are arguably under-performing.
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An important indirect bullish signal is copper, which has attained the first weekly close >$3.00 since late 2014.



If copper can manage a monthly close >$3.00 (whether August.. or beyond), it would suggest gold and silver will eventually follow....


.... as the trio do broadly trade together across the years.