Gold price drops 0.63% on Tuesday during the North American session with the yellow metal suffering from its safe-haven appeal as hopes of a de-escalation of the US-China trade war keep ebbs and flows going toward riskier assets like US equities. At the time of writing, XAU/USD trades at $3,955, after bouncing off three-week lows beneath $3,900.
Gold Silver Reports — Gold slipped a bit as about two month highs triggered some profit selling. However, the recent recovery has enthused Gold bulls and a further uptick from hereon is quite possible. Indian imports are also rebounding, helping lift the sentiments. COMEX Gold is currently down 0.26% at $1247 per ounce. MCX Gold futures backed off from highs near Rs 28950 per 10 gram levels and ended down 0.30% at Rs 28800 levels. Further losses are possible if the counter drags under Rs 28700 mark today.
Gold Silver Reports — Technically market is under short covering as market has witnessed drop in open interest by 1.39% to settled at 13655 while prices up 311 rupees.
Gold Silver Reports — The FCI has fixed a procurement target of 33 million tonnes for the 2017-18 fiscal starting April, against the 22.96 million tonnes purchased in the previous year, when production was low at 92.29 million tonnes.
