Gold price benefits from geopolitical risks; bulls seem non-committed amid less dovish Fed
Gold price registered its biggest weekly decline since September 2023 and dropped to over a two-month low last week amid the recent strong US Dollar rally to over a one-year high.
Geopolitical developments over the weekend drove some haven flows and assisted the precious metal to gain strong positive traction during the Asian session at the start of a new week.
US President Joe Biden authorized Ukraine to use US-supplied long-range missiles to strike deeper inside Russia, which has deployed North Korean troops to reinforce its war.
A Russian attack on a nine-story building killed at least eight people in the northern city of Sumy. Russia also launched a massive drone and missile attack targeting energy infrastructure.
Israeli forces killed at least 111 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip on Saturday and continued military operations in Lebanon after assassinating Hezbollah’s top media relations officer, Mohammad Afif.
Investors now seem convinced that President-elect Donald Trump's tariff plans and debt-funded tax cuts would stoke inflation, potentially slowing the Federal Reserve's rate easing cycle.
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