Gold price (XAU/USD) gains some positive traction on Wednesday and move away from the weekly low, around the $1,954-1,953 area touched the previous day. The precious metal manages to hold its neck above the $1,970 level through the first half of the European session and for now, seems to have stalled its recent retracement slide from the vicinity of the $2,000 psychological mark, or a five-month top touched last Friday.
Looming recession risk, fueled by a flurry of weaker economic data from Europe on Tuesday, along with the Middle East conflict, turns out to be another factor lending some support to the safe-haven Gold price. That said, a fresh leg up in the US Treasury bond yields and the emergence of some US Dollar (USD) dip-buying, bolstered by hawkish Federal Reserve (Fed) expectations, cap the upside for the non-yielding yellow metal.
GOLD BUY : 1971
TP. : 1978
TP. : 1986
TP. : 2000
SL. : 1950-52