Gold Analysis 04-12-2020
Futures contracts for gold prices fluctuated in a narrow range sloping to an upward trend during the Asian session, to witness its retracement of the fifth session from its lowest since the second of July, overlooking the bounce of the US dollar index to the second session from its lowest since April 23, 2018 according to the inverse relationship between them on On the cusp of economic developments and data expected on Friday by the US economy, the largest in the world.
At exactly 05:53 am GMT, the futures contract for gold prices for next February delivery rose 0.02% to trade at $ 1,845.00 per ounce compared to the opening at $ 1,844.70 per ounce, knowing that the contracts started the session on a rising price gap after yesterday's trading was concluded At $ 1,841.10 per ounce, while the US dollar index rose 0.05% to 90.69 compared to an opening at 90.64.
Investors are currently awaiting the US economy to disclose labor market data with the release of the employment change index reading for sectors other than agricultural, which may reflect 500,000 jobs added compared to 638,000 jobs added last October, while the average income index reading in At the time, growth stabilized at 0.1% in November, with the unemployment rate reading showing a decline to 6.8% from 6.9%.
This comes in conjunction with the release of the merchandise trade balance reading, which may explain the widening of the deficit to a value of $ 64.7 billion, compared to $ 63.9 billion last September, and before we witness the speech of Deputy Governor of the Federal Reserve and a member of the Federal Open Market Committee, Michael Bowman, about banking services. Community and FinTech at an online event hosted by the Independent American Banking Community.
Markets are also looking forward to the release of the factory orders index reading, which may show a slowdown in growth to 0.8% compared to 1.1% in September. This came amid widespread expectations that lawmakers will also pass a $ 1.4 trillion budget to avoid a government shutdown on the 11th of this month.
This comes in conjunction with growing market expectations that monetary policymakers at the Federal Reserve will amend their directives regarding the asset purchase plan by the middle of this month during the upcoming FOMC meeting, and amid expectations that monetary policymakers at the European Central Bank will present at its meeting next week On the expansion of bond purchases as part of the efforts to confront the repercussions of the Corona pandemic.
In another context, we followed earlier this week the assertion of both Federal Reserve Governor Jerome Powell and Treasury Secretary Stephen Mnuchin, in their testimony about the "CARES" law before the Congress in both parts of the Senate and Representatives, that the American economy desperately needs to pass an expanded stimulus package and that the policy Finance will be a more effective tool in the face of the deterioration of the situation caused by the Corona pandemic.
According to the latest figures issued by the World Health Organization, the number of infected cases increased to nearly 63.97 million, and 1,488,120 people were killed in 220 countries, otherwise, it is reported that Treasury Secretary Mnuchin sent a message last month to Federal Reserve Governor Powell stating that the amount of $ 455 billion allocated to the treasury under the law (CARES) should be available to Congress for reallocation.
We would like to point out that the Federal Reserve announced earlier this week that the liquidity facility program for commercial papers, money markets, primary dealers and the payroll check protection program will be extended until the end of March 2021. Which the US Treasury Department recently ordered to close by the end of this month.
In the same context, the Federal Reserve previously issued a statement in which it stated that it “prefers that the entire set of emergency facilities that were established during the Corona pandemic continue to play an important role as a support for our economy, which is still suffering from stress and weakness.” After that, she undertook a report that addressed the possibility of establishing The Fed will expand monetary stimulus during its next meeting, especially after announcing that it will comply with the Treasury's request to return unused funds.
Technical analysis
Gold price shows more positive trading to settle above 1838.10, reinforcing expectations for the continuation of the bullish trend in the intraday and short term, waiting to initially test the 1850.00 level, whose breakout represents the key to heading towards 1870.00 as a next positive target.
Thus, we will keep our bullish expectations supported by the 50 SMA unless breaking 1818.00 and holding below it.
The expected trading range for today is between 1820.00 support and 1870.00 resistance
The expected general trend for today: Bullish