Gold edged up on Monday, after falling below the critical $1,300 level in the previous session, as the dollar dipped on the prospect of a US-China trade deal.
Spot gold was up about 0.3% at $1,296.52 per ounce as of 0124 GMT, after touching its lowest in more than a month at 1,289.91 in the previous session. Gold fell 2.6% last week on a firmer dollar and global stock advances.
Fundamentals
📌 US gold futures were down 0.2% at $1,297.10 an ounce.
📌 US stock futures jumped on Monday on reports the United States and China were close to striking a trade deal after a year-long tariff skirmish.
📌 The dollar, which pulled back from over three-week lows in the previous session, was down about 0.1% against major currencies.
Gold Demand Gained 4% on Highest Central Bank Buying in 50 Years
📌 Trump said he had asked China to immediately remove all tariffs on US agricultural products because trade talks were progressing well and delayed plans to impose 25 percent tariffs on Chinese goods on Friday.
📌 US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping could reach a formal trade deal at a summit around 27 March given progress in talks between the two countries, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday.
📌 A group of Brexit-supporting lawmakers who rejected May’s European Union exit deal in January have set out the changes they want to see her agreement on in return for their support.
📌 British Prime Minister Theresa May will on Monday set out plans for a 1.6 billion pound ($2.1 billion) fund to help to boost economic growth in Brexit-supporting communities, particularly in the north of England.
📌Gold demand in India improved this week due to a fall in local prices, while some investors in other major Asian centres sold the metal back to make use of relatively higher prices while delaying purchases on expectations of a further correction.
📌 An underground blast in a gold mine in the Brazilian state of Bahia on Friday killed two workers, Canadian company Leagold Mining Corp said.
📌 The 2018 death toll in South Africa’s mines fell slightly, to 81 fatalities from 90 in the previous year, the Mineral Resources Ministry said on Friday.
📌 SPDR Gold Trust, the world’s largest gold-backed exchange-traded fund, said its holdings fell 1.50 percent to 772.46 tonnes on Friday.
