Gold Today –New York closed yesterday at $1,282.00.London opened at $1,272.75today.
Overall the dollar was stronger against global currencies, early today. Before London’s opening:
The USD/EUR was stronger at $1.1740 after the yesterday’s$1.1799: €1.
The Dollar Index was stronger at 93.73 after yesterday’s 93.33.
The yen was weaker at 110.33 after yesterday’s 109.76:$1.
The yuan was weaker at 6.6792 after yesterday’s 6.6691: $1.
The pound sterling was stronger at $1.2957 after yesterday’s $1.2995: £1
New York closed $4.53 higher than Shanghai’s close yesterday. Then today sees Shanghai dropping the gold price just before London opened, which lead to London’s prices being lower as the dollar corrected higher, in its falling pattern. Shanghai is leading the way down, but following a stronger dollar as it adjusts to dollar gold prices.
Silver Today –Silver closed at $17.07 yesterday after $17.06 at New York’s close Friday.
LBMA price setting: The LBMA gold price was set today at $1,274.60 from yesterday’s $1,281.10. The gold price in the euro was set at €1,084.67 after yesterday’s €1,085.869.
Just before the opening of New York the gold price was trading at $1,273.00 and in the euro at €1,084.65. At the same time, the silver price was trading at $16.80.
Gold (very short-term) The gold price should consolidate, in New York today.
Silver (very short-term) The silver price should consolidate, in New York today.
Price Drivers
All told, this was simply a day when the gold price barely moved in the euro but fell in the dollar as the dollar corrected higher before its next downward turn.
Now we have something definitive, but we are suspicious of the statement, “Kim Jong Un, the leader of North Korea, said he would wait to see what the US does next before he decides whether or not to fire a missile towards Guam, according to state media.
Today’s statement from North Korea, coming after more conciliatory tone from the US administration yesterday, has de-escalated the threat of conflict and reassure investors after a nervous few days. But how long will this last?
Putting oneself in his shoes with his posture that he is the one threatened by the U.S. [which is why he is waiting for the U.S. to act], we see he may have kept his defensive posture. This does not mean he will not fire more missiles and confirm North Korea has a nuclear bomb! The question now becomes, “Will President Trump attack if the tests continue, which we expect them to?” We see therefore, at best, that the threat has been postponed for an undetermined period of time. This postpones the North Korean situation as a factor in the gold price.
Meanwhile, the gold price has fallen in dollar terms in line with the rise of the dollar. We confirm the dollar remains in a bear market, so we expect this correction to be followed by a continuation of its fall to new lows. This will drive gold higher in dollar terms. [Read more in the current issue of Gold Forecaster on this].
Gold ETFs – Yesterday there were purchases of 4.139 tonnes into the SPDR gold ETF but no change in the Gold Trust yesterday. The SPDR gold ETF and Gold Trust holdings are at 791.008 tonnes and at 213.28 tonnes respectively. While these purchases were substantial, they had no effect on the gold price. They would have to be persistent or larger than this.
Since January 4th 2016, 166.645 tonnes of gold have been added to the SPDR gold ETF and to the Gold Trust.
Since January 6th 2017, 4.679 tonnes to the gold ETFs we follow..
