Metal eases getting close to $2,000 an ounce level
An artisanal gold miner works at an open mine in Mazowe, Zimbabwe, April 5 2018. Picture: PHILIMON BULAWAYO/REUTERS
Spot gold was down 0.1% at $1,976.46 an ounce at 2.29am GMT. US gold futures slipped 0.3% to $1,981.00. “That is quite a critical level, and the fact that gold effectively closed flat on the day means there appears to be a slight hesitancy to push immediately higher,” said City Index senior market analyst Matt Simpson. “Gold has the ability to overcome the US dollar strength and break above $2,000 possibly over the next week or so.”
Meanwhile, yields on the benchmark 10-year US treasury note eased off recent highs, providing some support to zero-yield gold.
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