- Mr. Prithviraj Kothari, MD RSBL
BREXIT, FED,
Dollar and many other key influential factors have proved to be beneficial for
Gold and Silver prices in 2016. Last week too we saw many such factors influencing
bullion prices but in the downward side. Let’s take a close look on the key highlights:
- The S&P (US Stock exchange) posted a fresh all-time closing high and the major U.S. stock averages 2,163.24 locked in a fourth successive winning week following the Brexit vote.
- At the weekends G20 summit in China, the world's biggest economies noted they will work to support global growth and share the benefits of trade, in a meeting dominated by the impact of Britain's exit from Europe and fears of rising protectionism. Philip Hammond, Britain's new finance minister, said the uncertainty about Brexit would begin to abate once Britain laid out a vision for a future relationship with Europe, which could become clearer later this year.
- On Thursday, 21st July , in Frankfurt, the European Central Bank (ECB) and President Mario Draghi decided to leave rates unchanged after the Brexit-induced market shockwaves have faded somewhat. Draghi and his fellow central bankers gave no indication that the current 1.7 trillion-euro quantitative-easing plan needed to be increased following the UK vote to leave the single market. The council doesn’t meet again till September, but investors aren’t anticipating any adjustment to the bond-buying programme in the near-term thus leaving the door open to more policy stimulus, highlighting "great" uncertainty and abundant risks to the economic outlook.
Though bullion has
benefited from the loose policy decisions coming in from central banks of Europe and Japan, but on the other side the dollar has
gained on strong U.S. data, boosting bets the Fed will raise U.S. rates by
year-end.
Globally, gold nearly
fell to $1,312 and silver to USD 19.46. Traders attributed the fall in gold
prices to a weak global trend where the precious metal headed for its first
back-to-back weekly decline since May as gains in equities and the dollar ate
into demand for the metal as a storage value. Few other important indicators
that contributed to the downfall:
- Data released from the U.S. showed that U.S home resale’s hit their highest in nearly 9 and a half years in June as low interest rates lured first-time buyers into the market and the number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits fell last week, underscoring the economy's strength.
- Adding to the down trend in prices were the figures released by SPDR. Holdings of SPDR Gold Trust, the world's largest gold-backed exchange-traded fund, fell 0.22 percent to 963.14 tonnes on Thursday.
I do feel that the
Price action will likely be skewed to the downside and expect to test the
post-Brexit low around USD $1,305 and below this USD $1,300 should global
equities continue their upward trajectory.
The Jackson Hole Symposium Aug. 25-27, where
Yellen is scheduled to speak is where we will most likely get more relevant
information about coming Fed policy and the next direction.
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