GOLDUS Unemployment Claims declined the most in last seven years. Hence a sharp fall was noticed at the US opening time. There were other data also at the same time i.e. Manufacturing Sales and Core CPI that made a gap down of almost 5$ at a time and then a little recovery took place. Else the
commodityshould break the resistance of 1306. Following the support @1289
Forecast
Gold is expected to
trade in a bit consolidate range of 1306 to 1289
SILVER
Taking cues from weakness in gold prices even spot silver prices declined by around 1.3 percent. Besides, weakness in the base metals complex also exerted downside pressure on prices. So we expect that the silver price would trade in a consolidation.
Forecast
CRUDE
Crude oil prices moved down in US nearly 1% as positive US data and higher inventories earlier pushed the prices down. Russia faces broader economic and industrial sanctions from the United States and Europe if it meddles in Ukraine's presidential elections on May 25.
Forecast
Crude is expected to trade sideway for today's session in a range of 102 to 101
TODAY'S DAY RANGE
COMMODITY | S1 | S2 | R1 | R2 |
GOLD | 1290 | 1280 | 1300 | 1310 |
SILVER | 19.00 | 18.20 | 20.00 | 20.80 |
CRUDE | 99.80 | 99.00 | 101.90 | 102.70 |
German Prelim GDP increased by 0.8 percent in Q1 of 2014.
The US Dollar Index (DX) declined marginally by 0.1 percent yesterday on the back of rise in risk appetite in market sentiments in early part of the trade which led to decline in demand for the low
yielding currency.
Taking cues from weakness in gold prices even spot silver prices declined by around 1.3 percent. Besides, weakness in the base metals complex also exerted downside pressure on prices.
Data Update for 17th May 2014
Time | Currency | Particular | Actual | Forecast | Previous |
4:30am | USD | Fed Chair Yellen Speaks |
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7:30am | CNY | Foreign Direct Investment ytd/y | 5.00% |
| 5.50% |
10:00am | JPY | Revised Industrial Production m/m | 0.70% | 0.30% | 0.30% |
12:15pm | EUR | French Prelim Non-Farm Payrolls q/q |
| -0.10% | 0.10% |
1:30pm | EUR | Italian Trade Balance |
| 2.47B | 2.62B |
2:30pm | EUR | Trade Balance |
| 17.3B | 15.0B |
6:00pm | CAD | Foreign Securities Purchases |
| 7.21B | 6.08B |
| USD | Building Permits |
| 1.01M | 1.00M |
| USD | Housing Starts |
| 0.98M | 0.95M |
7:25pm | USD | Prelim UoM Consumer Sentiment |
| 84.7 | 84.1 |
| USD | Prelim UoM Inflation Expectations |
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| 3.20% |