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Gold (XAU/USD) has refreshed its daily highs around $1898 and is currently trading at $1891 (+0.5%) in the early European session. The precious metal regained bullishness following reports that US President Donald Trump was willing to give aid to airlines and small businesses. However, charters concerning the European Union’s steel tariff on several Asian countries […]

Gold (XAU/USD) traded through yesterday’s North American session with a mild negative bias and was last spotted trading around the $1970 level. The mild negative bias from yesterday continued into the European session on Wednesday after extending its overnight correction slide from its two-week highs. The bearishness was induced by a combination of factors. A […]

RISK CONTROL TECHNIQUES IN TRADING Risk is ever present in trading, just as it is in other areas of life. The good news is that the risk inherent in trading can be controlled effectively, thus enabling you to be permanently triumphant. No-one on earth can trade repeatedly without any loss, no matter the trading strategy adopted. […]

Gold (XAU/USD) jumped to a fresh all-time high, around the $1,984 level in the early European session, before retreating lower. Following yesterday’s profit-taking-triggered slide to the $1,940 area, the yellow metal was quick to bounce back and is set to end the week in a grand style. The bull run marked the tenth consecutive bullish […]

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Gold remains range-bound around the $1,770 level for the better part of the European session and even now as we approach the close of the session. Meanwhile, strategists at TD Securities have opined that the yellow metal will likely surpass the $1,800 mark as inflation-hedge assets gain popularity. According to the strategists, gold is on […]

Gold (XAU/USD) remains in a consolidation range around $1,724-30 as we head into the early hours of the European session. The yellow metal has recovered well from an intraday low on the back of fresh US-China tensions. Apart from the US-China disagreements, fears over a second wave of the Covid-19 outbreak are heavily influencing the […]

The extraordinary 12-month gold-price bull run shows no sign of ending. Despite predictions of a bubble set to burst, the yellow metal has risen by 36% during the past 12 months. There was a slight slip this morning as the price lost 1.23% in early trading to stand at $1,735.25 an ounce. But the pattern of recent […]

Global gold mining company AngloGold Ashanti has reported an improved first-quarter cash flow from operating activities as key mines delivered solid performances, despite it losing 11,000 ounces of production due to coronavirus affecting its operations. With operations in Brazil, Argentina and South Africa coming to a halt, total production fell to 716,000 ounces in the […]