{"id":28251,"date":"2012-03-15T09:12:27","date_gmt":"2012-03-15T13:12:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/fx\/?p=28251"},"modified":"2012-03-15T09:12:27","modified_gmt":"2012-03-15T13:12:27","slug":"gold-vulnerable-as-treasury-bond-sell-off-worsens-indian-demand-revives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/fx\/2012\/03\/15\/gold-vulnerable-as-treasury-bond-sell-off-worsens-indian-demand-revives\/","title":{"rendered":"Gold “Vulnerable” as Treasury Bond Sell-Off Worsens, Indian Demand Revives"},"content":{"rendered":"

London Gold Market Report<\/strong>
\nfrom Adrian Ash<\/strong>
\nBullionVault<\/strong><\/a>
\nThurs 15 March, 08:45 EST<\/strong><\/p>\n

The WHOLESALE-MARKET gold price twice rose within a few cents of $1650 per ounce in London Thursday morning, adding 0.9% from yesterday’s fresh 8-week low as industrial commodities ticked lower again.<\/p>\n

The price of silver bullion rallied 2.3% to $32.40 per ounce, but remained over 5% down for the week so far, being “very much influenced” by the gold price according to one Swiss precious-metals dealer.<\/p>\n

Japanese and Hong Kong equities rose, but European stock markets were flat while US equity futures pointed higher.<\/p>\n

The price of US Treasury fell for the seventh consecutive session, pushing the 10-year bond’s yield up to 2.29% \u2013 just shy of Wednesday’s 5-month high \u2013 and extending the longest period of price falls since 2006 on Bloomberg’s data.<\/p>\n

“The [bond] market is on the back foot,” reckons head strategist Charles Diebel at Lloyds Banking Group in London.<\/p>\n

“The catalyst seemed to be the Fed acknowledging the better growth.”<\/p>\n

Analyst forecasts for today’s US jobless data pointed to a further drop in the number of people claiming unemployment benefits.<\/p>\n

US manufacturing and consumer price data \u2013 due Thursday and tomorrow respectively \u2013 were forecast to show a slight rise.<\/p>\n

“Overall, the [gold price] looks rather vulnerable with a likelihood of testing lower levels before it resumes it upward run,” says refinery and finance group MKS in its latest note.<\/p>\n

“What seems to be surprising at these levels is lack of firm physical demand.”<\/p>\n

Over in India, however \u2013 the world’s No.1 gold buying nation \u2013 “Demand has improved significantly in the past two days,” Reuters quotes a Mumbai dealer.<\/p>\n

“Prices have fallen and there is also concern about import duty hike in tomorrow’s budget.”<\/p>\n

New Delhi doubled gold import duties \u2013 and handed India’s domestic gold-recycling operators a strong price advantage \u2013 in January.<\/p>\n

Despite yesterday’s fresh drop in the gold price, the quantity of physical bullion held to back the SPDR Gold Trust \u2013 the world’s single largest exchange-traded gold trust (ETF), now capitalized at $68 billion on the New York Stock Exchange \u2013 remained unchanged after slipping half-a-tonne Tuesday to 1293.3 tonnes.<\/p>\n

Gold ETF holdings worldwide were unchanged Wednesday at a record high of 2409.7 tonnes, according to Bloomberg data.<\/p>\n

Open interest in US gold futures crept 0.6% higher on Wednesday to 445,163 contracts \u2013 greater by 1.2% from a week before.<\/p>\n

“Gold dropped bearishly [on Wednesday] through our Fibo support level,” says Russell Browne at bullion bank Scotia Mocatta, pointing to another Fibonacci level \u2013 based on a number series used by some technical analysts to spot important prices \u2013 for the “the next key support level at 1625.<\/p>\n

“A definitive close below this support level opens up a full retracement to the December low of 1522.”<\/p>\n

On the currency market Thursday morning, the US Dollar eased back from last night’s rise close to a 7-week high against the Euro, which slipped near $1.30.<\/p>\n

That held the gold price in Euros below \u20ac40,600 per kilo (\u20ac1263 per ounce).<\/p>\n

Spain today sold \u20ac3 billion in new debt, paying 3.37% annually on 4-year debt \u2013 just less than it paid at a sale in January, despite prime minister Mariano Rajoy saying last week that Madrid will breach the newly-agreed budget deficit limit for Eurozone members.<\/p>\n

Europe’s benchmark Brent crude slipped but held near record-highs in Euro and Sterling terms.<\/p>\n

The Reuters newswire claims that US president Obama and British prime minister Cameron yesterday discussed using emergency oil reserves to bring prices lower.<\/p>\n

“The window for solving [Iran’s nuclear program] diplomatically is shrinking,” Obama told a press conference.<\/p>\n

Adrian Ash<\/strong>
\nBullionVault<\/strong><\/p>\n

Gold price chart, no delay \u00a0\u00a0| \u00a0\u00a0Buy gold online at live prices<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Adrian Ash is head of research at BullionVault, the secure, low-cost gold and silver market for private investors online, where you can buy gold today vaulted in Zurich on $3 spreads and 0.8% dealing fees.<\/p>\n

(c) BullionVault 2012<\/p>\n

Please Note: This article is to inform your thinking, not lead it. Only you can decide the best place for your money, and any decision you make will put your money at risk. Information or data included here may have already been overtaken by events \u2013 and must be verified elsewhere \u2013 should you choose to act on it.<\/p>\n

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London Gold Market Report from Adrian Ash BullionVault Thurs 15 March, 08:45 EST The WHOLESALE-MARKET gold price twice rose within a few cents of $1650 per ounce in London Thursday morning, adding 0.9% from yesterday’s fresh 8-week low as industrial commodities ticked lower again. The price of silver bullion rallied 2.3% to $32.40 per ounce, … <\/p>\n

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