{"id":160794,"date":"2019-11-29T14:50:51","date_gmt":"2019-11-29T19:50:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/?p=160794"},"modified":"2019-11-29T14:43:43","modified_gmt":"2019-11-29T19:43:43","slug":"investors-cautious-amid-thin-trading","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/2019\/11\/investors-cautious-amid-thin-trading\/","title":{"rendered":"Investors Cautious Amid Thin Trading"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"inves-1517718408\" class=\"inves-below-title-posts inves-entity-placement\"><div id =\"posts_date_custom\"><div align=\"left\">November 29, 2019<\/div><hr style=\"border: none; border-bottom: 3px solid black;\">\r\n<\/div><\/div><p><strong>By <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.orbex.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Orbex<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The US markets were closed on Thursday on account of the Thanksgiving holiday. Investors were cautious amid the lack of any major fundamentals during the day. Doubts on the US and China trade deal still remain. This comes as the Washington administration passed a bill in support of the Hong Kong protests. Chinese authorities are reportedly not happy with the US decision. Investors fear that this could spill over into the trade talks.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>German Consumer Prices Fall More than Expected<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The monthly consumer price index data for Germany showed that inflation was weaker in November. Headline CPI for Germany was down 0.8% on the month in November. This was more than the forecasts of a 0.5% decline estimates given by economists. On a year over year basis, German CPI is up 1.1% however but below the median estimates of a 1.3% increase. Lower energy prices were attributed to the weakness in the headline inflation.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>EURUSD Holds on to Support Firmly<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The common currency recovered from the slump on Wednesday, but price action is still near the support level of the 1.1000 region. With the US markets partly open today, we could expect to see a flat close into the weekend. The prospects of a rebound come into the picture only when EURUSD can breakout above the local pivot high of 1.1020.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/EURUSD-2911.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-160817\" src=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/EURUSD-2911.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1326\" height=\"632\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/EURUSD-2911.png 1326w, https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/EURUSD-2911-300x143.png 300w, https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/EURUSD-2911-1024x488.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/EURUSD-2911-768x366.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1326px) 100vw, 1326px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Sterling Trades Flat as Tories Lead in UK Poll<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The incumbent Prime Minister Johnson\u2019s Conservative Party is expected to win with a majority in the upcoming December 12<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0elections. The UK poll puts the Tories as the firm favorites despite the Labor party trailing closely. The sterling which fell earlier this week on news about the Labor party gaining ground erased the losses.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>GBPUSD Back Within the Range<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The currency pair is back trading within the range of 1.2960\u20131.2865. This sideways range could continue into the December 12<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0elections. So far, the upper range of 1.2960 has held up. So further gains can be expected only on a strong close above this level. To the downside as well, unless the declines are followed up by strong momentum, price action could remain muted.<\/p><div id=\"inves-1170775755\" class=\"inves-in-content inves-entity-placement\"><hr style=\"border: 1px solid #ddd;\">\r\n<div id=\"inpost_ads_header\">\r\n<p style=\"font-size:10px; float:left; color:#666;\">Free Reports:<\/p><\/div>\r\n<div id=\"inpost_ads\"> \r\n<p style=\"font-size:15px; float:left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/1ApBOV\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/investmacro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/graph_techs_PD.png\" align=\"left\" width=\"80\"  height=\"55\"\/><\/a>\r\n\t     <a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/1ApBOV\"><b><u>Get Our Free Metatrader 4 Indicators<\/u><\/b><\/a> - Put Our Free MetaTrader 4 Custom Indicators on your charts when you join our Weekly Newsletter<\/p><br><br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<p style=\"font-size:15px; float:left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/f3RrHX\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/investmacro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/cot_pie_80.png\" align=\"left\" width=\"80\"  height=\"55\"\/><\/a>\r\n\t    <a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/f3RrHX\"><b><u>Get our Weekly Commitment of Traders Reports<\/u><\/b><\/a> - See where the biggest traders (Hedge Funds and Commercial Hedgers) are positioned in the futures markets on a weekly basis.<\/p><br><br>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<hr style=\"border: 1px solid #ddd;\">\r\n<br><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/GBPUSD-2911-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-160816\" src=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/GBPUSD-2911-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1326\" height=\"632\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/GBPUSD-2911-1.png 1326w, https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/GBPUSD-2911-1-300x143.png 300w, https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/GBPUSD-2911-1-1024x488.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/GBPUSD-2911-1-768x366.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1326px) 100vw, 1326px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Gold Prices Stay Muted Despite Modest Risk Aversion<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The precious metal attempted to make some modest gains during the European trading session. But by the US session, the precious metal gave back the gains. With thin trading, gold prices were somewhat limited in their range. The US markets open today but it is a short trading day for the US ahead of the weekend.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>XAUUSD Trending Weaker<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>XAUUSD has been somewhat subdued but the bias remains to the downside. With price action within the range of 1462 and 1445 levels, the sideways range could remain in play. The bias can shift to the upside on a break out above 1462. However, the Stochastics oscillator is indicating to continued bearish momentum.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/XAUUSD-2911.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-160815\" src=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/XAUUSD-2911.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1326\" height=\"632\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/XAUUSD-2911.png 1326w, https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/XAUUSD-2911-300x143.png 300w, https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/XAUUSD-2911-1024x488.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/XAUUSD-2911-768x366.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1326px) 100vw, 1326px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>By <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.orbex.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Orbex<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Orbex The US markets were closed on Thursday on account of the Thanksgiving holiday. Investors were cautious amid the lack of any major fundamentals during the day. Doubts on the US and China trade deal still remain. This comes as the Washington administration passed a bill in support of the Hong Kong protests. 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