Buy Copper MCX Tips Apr at 404.50 — 404 Target 406—408
🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 China cut its benchmark one-year loan prime rate (LPR) by 20 basis points (bps) to 3.85%, while the five-year LPR was cut by 10 bps to 4.65%, in line with market expectations.
Economic Events
Gold Yellow Metal Bulls Good Upside Momentum
Gold futures prices ended the U.S. day session with solid gains Friday, hit a two-week high and closed at a technically bullish weekly high close.
Gold Steady as Sino-U.S. Trade Hopes Drag Dollar
U.S. and Chinese officials expressed hopes that a new round of trade talks, which began in Beijing on Monday, would bring them closer to easing their nearly year-long trade war.
Gold Prices Hold Firm on Trade, Growth Concerns
Gold Silver Reports (GSR) – FUNDAMENTALS — Scrap gold supplies in India, the world’s second-biggest consumer of bullion, may increase this quarter as a rally in local gold prices has prompted consumers to sell old trinkets and jewellery.
Spot Gold Technical Report – Break Support $1280 – Neal Bhai
Gold Silver Reports (GSR) – Also supporting gold was a prolonged partial U.S. government shutdown and expectations that the Federal Reserve will hold its multi-year rate hike cycle, analysts said.
Gold Bounces as Mounting Concerns of an Economic Slowdown
Gold Silver Reports (GSR) – Spot gold was up 0.3 percent at $1,282.80 an ounce at 1323 GMT, recovering from a dip on Monday to its lowest since Dec. 28 at $1,276.31. U.S. gold futures were little changed at $1,282.
US President Donald Trump said on Saturday there has Been Progress toward a Trade Deal with China
Gold Silver Reports (GSR ) – Spot gold had risen 0.2 per cent to $1,282.71 per ounce by 0103 GMT, while US gold futures were steady at $1,282.50 per ounce.
Gold Slip on Profit Taking, Firm Dollar – GSR
Spot gold fell 0.2 percent to $1,235.57 per ounce at 0823 GMT, while U.S. gold futures were 0.1 percent lower at $1,240.8 per ounce.
Rupee Slump to Push India to Seek Yuan Trade Settlement
The plan would enable direct convertibility between the rupee and yuan and will help cut transaction and hedging costs, the people said, asking not to be identified citing rules. The proposal would allow Indian exports of pharmaceuticals, oilseeds and sugar to China to be settled in rupee, while keeping out trade in high volume products such as electronics, they said.
Gold Up But on Path for Longest Monthly Losing Streak in Two Decades – GSR
Gold inched higher but was on track for its longest monthly losing streak since January 1997 as the U.S. dollar firmed against the euro after Italy’s budget jitters threatened the European currency.