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Gold traded modestly higher on Tuesday after recording its weakest settlement level in nine months as it continues to feel the pressure from a stronger U.S. dollar.
What are prices doing ?
Gold futures
GC00,
-0.14%
GCQ22,
-0.14%
for August delivery gained $3.40, or 0.2%, to $1,735.
Silver futures
SIU22,
-0.90%
for September delivery fell 30 cents, or 1.6%, to $18.83, a new two-year low.
Platinum futures
PLV22,
-3.15%
for October delivery were down $19.30, or 2.2%, to $841 per ounce.
Palladium futures
PAU22,
-1.71%
for September delivery were down $53, or 2.4%, to $2,119 per ounce.
Copper prices
HGU22,
-2.58%
for September delivery were down 9 cents, or 2.5%, to $3.34 per pound.
What’s driving the market ?
Since gold hit its 2022 peak north of $2,000 per ounce back in March, it has been largely driven by the strong dollar which is at a 20 year high based on the index
DXY,
+0.01%
measuring its strength against major currencies, while higher Treasury yields, which have stolen some of the precious metals’ luster in the eyes of investors.
Analysts at TD Securities blamed relative weakness in precious metals and crude oil on the broader “risk off” mood on Tuesday. The S&P 500
SPX,
+0.26%,
Dow Jones Industrial Average
DJIA,
+0.35%
and Nasdaq Composite
COMP,
+0.43%
looked headed for a lower open, while the dollar,
EURUSD,
+0.06%
which has established itself as the market’s preferred safe-haven asset, continued to climb toward parity with the euro.
Other markets
S&P 500
ES00,
+0.34%
futures were down 0.5%.
Dow
YM00,
+0.24%
futures were down 0.6%, or nearly 200 points
The dollar was trading within one cent of parity with the euro
EURUSD,
+0.06%.
The 10-year Treasury yield
TY00,
+0.57%
shed 6.6 basis points to trade at 2.93%, dropping further below 3%.
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