GOLD RISES ON TECHNICAL’S:-
Gold prices edged up on Monday, gaining for
a third day, on technical buying and a weaker dollar after mixed U.S. jobs data
late last week muted expectations for near-term interest rate hikes. Spot
gold had gained 0.3 percent to $1,222.95 per ounce by 0555 GMT. U.S. gold
futures rose 0.4 percent to $1,225.45 per ounce.U.S. job growth surged more
than expected in January as construction firms and retailers ramped up hiring,
but wages barely rose, handing the administration under President Donald Trump
both a head start and a challenge as it seeks to boost the economy.The Dollar
Index was down 0.1 percent at 99.736."Gold is pointing to push higher from
all fronts on charts," said Brian Lan, managing director at gold dealer
Gold Silver Central in Singapore, adding that the metal may test $1,230 per
ounce.Spot gold may rise towards resistance at $1,249 per ounce, as it has
managed to stand above resistance at $1,219, according to Reuters technical
analyst Wang Tao.Wall Street's top banks expect just two rate hikes from the
Federal Reserve this year and see only a modest risk to the U.S. central bank
being pressed into a more aggressive pace of monetary policy tightening. "It's
unlikely there will be a rate hike in March as there is too much political
unrest in the United States. At least in the first half of the year, gold
should do quite well," Lan said.Gold is highly sensitive to rising U.S.
rates, which increase the opportunity cost of holding non-yielding bullion
while boosting the dollar, in which it is priced.Investor interest in gold was
underscored by U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) data on Friday
that showed speculators increased their net long position in COMEX gold
contracts to the highest in eight weeks in the week to Jan. 31.Gold and silver
would continue to move higher in February, largely on account of the continued
weakness in the dollar, coupled with geopolitical developments having to do
with both Iran and Ukraine, INTL FCStone analyst Edward Meir said. "The
(U.S.) standoff with Iran is the most problematic, since if tensions continued
to escalate, it is quite possible that one side of the other could pull out of
the nuclear accords, in which case we could see an immediate spike in
gold."A Revolutionary Guards commander said Iran would use its missiles if
its security is under threat, as the elite force defied new U.S. sanctions on
its missile programme by holding a military exercise on Saturday. Spot silver
on Monday rose 0.4 percent to $17.53 an ounce. Platinum prices were up 0.2
percent at $1,005.70, while palladium rose 1.6 percent to $757.95.
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