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(Kitco News) - Gold is trading marginally higher after a third consecutive positive close. The yellow metal is now trading at $1826/oz ahead of the European open. Silver is also trading slightly higher and has broken through the psychological $23/oz level. In the rest of the commodities complex, copper (-0.44%) and spot WTI (-0.66%) lost value overnight.

Gold closed out 2021 with a loss of 3.6%, marking its biggest annual decline since 2015. However, possibilities of a tepid stock market return in 2022 and virus scare have boosted

Analysts at TD Securities (TDS) believe that gold price still has some room for the upside, despite the hawkish Fed outlook for 2022. Key quotes Gold

U.S. stocks remained level today fueled by a no change in large cap stocks and a 4.8% decline in technology stocks. The S&P 500 Index is currently down 1.9% year-to-date, and up 23.9% over the past 12 months. The Dow Jones Industrial Average is currently down 0.3% year-to-date, and up 18.5% over the past 12 months. Elsewhere, commodities fell 0.0% with gold remaining level, crude oil remaining level and copper remaining level. The yield on 10-year Treasuries is 1.73%, while the dollar remained level against a basket of other currencies. Meanwhile, investment grade corporate bonds remained level, and high yield bonds remained level. Stocks The S&P 500 Index stayed level. The Dow Jones Industrial Average stayed level. The Nasdaq Composite Index declined 1.2%. The Nasdaq 100 Index rose 0.1%. The Volatility Index stayed level. Large cap stocks, as represented by the S&P 100 Index, stayed level. Mid cap stocks, as represented by the S&P MidCap 400 Index, stayed level. Small cap stocks, as represented by the S&P SmallCap 600 Index, stayed level. Sectors Stocks in the Energy sector rose the most with a 2.8% gain. Stocks in the Technology sector fell the most with a 4.8% decline. With a 264.2% gain, stocks in the Technology sector have advanced the most over the past 5 years With a 6.9% decline, stocks in the Energy sector have declined the most over the past 5 years Bonds The yield on 1-year Treasuries increased by 4 basis points to 0.45% today. The yield on 5-year Treasuries increased by 4 basis points to 1.47% today. The yield on 10-year Treasuries increased by 2 basis points to 1.73% today. The yield on 30-year Treasuries remained unchanged at 2.09% today. Credit Investment grade corporate bonds tracked by the Markit iBoxx USD Liquid Investment Grade Index stayed level. High yield bonds tracked by the Markit iBoxx USD Liquid High Yield Index stayed level. Emerging market bonds tracked by the J.P. Morgan Emerging Markets Core Index fell by 0.3%. Commodities The S&P GSCI Total Return Index, the leading measure of general commodity price movements, stayed level West Texas Intermediate crude oil stayed level. Brent crude oil stayed level. Gold stayed level. Copper stayed level. Silver stayed level. Currencies The Deutsche Bank Long US Dollar Index, which measures the greenback against a basket of other currencies, stayed level to $25.66 today. The Euro weakened by 0.3% to $1.13. The British pound weakened by 0.1% to $1.36. The Japanese yen weakened by 0.3% to 115.2 per dollar. Cryptocurrencies Bitcoin declined by 0.0% to $41671.18 today. Ethereum declined by 3.9% to $3072 today. Tether rose by 0.1% to $1.00045231552417 today. XRP declined by 3.6% to $0.73 today. This story was produced by the Kwhen Automated News Generator. For more articles like this, please visit us at finance.kwhen.com. Write to [email protected]. © 2020 Kwhen Inc.

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On bullion outlook, experts believe that gold is expected to stay range-bound in the first few months of the year

Spot gold consolidates at around $1,794 a troy ounce, flat on a daily basis. The bright metal peaked at 1,802.32, giving up ahead of the US opening a

U.S. stocks remained level today fueled by a 3.0% decline in small cap stocks and a 4.6% decline in consumer discretionary stocks. The S&P 500 Index is currently down 1.5% year-to-date, and up 26.9% over the past 12 months. The Dow Jones Industrial Average is currently down 0.3% year-to-date, and up 19.6% over the past 12 months. Elsewhere, commodities climbed 1.6% with gold falling 1.1%, crude oil rising 0.9% and copper falling 1.4%. The yield on 10-year Treasuries is 1.71%, while the dollar weakened by 0.6% against a basket of other currencies. Meanwhile, investment grade corporate bonds fell by 1.1%, and high yield bonds fell by 1.0%. Stocks The S&P 500 Index stayed level. The Dow Jones Industrial Average stayed level. The Nasdaq Composite Index declined 0.7%. The Nasdaq 100 Index declined 1.1%. The Volatility Index rose 5.3%. Large cap stocks, as represented by the S&P 100 Index, declined 2.4%. Mid cap stocks, as represented by the S&P MidCap 400 Index, declined 2.5%. Small cap stocks, as represented by the S&P SmallCap 600 Index, declined 3.0%. Sectors Stocks in the Technology sector rose the most with a stayed level. Stocks in the Consumer Discretionary sector fell the most with a 4.6% decline. With a 269.0% gain, stocks in the Technology sector have advanced the most over the past 5 years With a 9.5% decline, stocks in the Energy sector have declined the most over the past 5 years Bonds The yield on 1-year Treasuries increased by 3 basis points to 0.41% today. The yield on 5-year Treasuries increased by 6 basis points to 1.43% today. The yield on 10-year Treasuries increased by 5 basis points to 1.71% today. The yield on 30-year Treasuries increased by 2 basis points to 2.09% today. Credit Investment grade corporate bonds tracked by the Markit iBoxx USD Liquid Investment Grade Index fell by 1.1%. High yield bonds tracked by the Markit iBoxx USD Liquid High Yield Index fell by 1.0%. Emerging market bonds tracked by the J.P. Morgan Emerging Markets Core Index fell by 0.2%. Commodities The S&P GSCI Total Return Index, the leading measure of general commodity price movements, rose by 1.6% West Texas Intermediate crude oil rose by 0.9%. Brent crude oil rose by 2.4%. Gold declined by 1.1%. Copper declined by 1.4%. Silver declined by 3.3%. Currencies The Deutsche Bank Long US Dollar Index, which measures the greenback against a basket of other currencies, weakened by 0.6% to $25.66 today. The Euro strengthened by 0.6% to $1.14. The British pound strengthened by 0.4% to $1.36. The Japanese yen weakened by 0.3% to 115.55 per dollar. Cryptocurrencies Bitcoin declined by 3.5% to $41681.18 today. Ethereum declined by 6.9% to $3197.67 today. Tether rose by 0.0% to $0.9999500998722268 today. XRP declined by 2.7% to $0.76 today. This story was produced by the Kwhen Automated News Generator. For more articles like this, please visit us at finance.kwhen.com. Write to [email protected]. © 2020 Kwhen Inc.

Spot gold (XAU/USD) is nervously holding on to very modest on-the-day gains of about 0.2%, with prices swinging either side of the $1790 level as trad

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Oil A tight oil market just got hit with supply disruptions and geopolitical risks, which means oil prices are headed higher. Oil prices were boosted after growing unrest in Kazakhstan posed a risk to their 1.6 million barrels per day of production. Insurgents were responsible at the beginning of the year for sending Libyan production []

Gold prices slid to a one-week low on Thursday, pressured by rallying U.S. Treasury yields after the U.S. Federal Reserve signalled quicker increases to interest rates.

(Kitco News) - Gold was trading near daily lows as momentum in the service sector was weaker than expected in December, according to the latest data from the Institute of Supply Management (ISM).

Trading conditions in precious metal markets have been choppy in recent trade, though bearish momentum in wake of Wednesdays hawkish Fed minutes seem

Gold futures on Thursday head sharply lower, on track for the sharpest daily slump for the precious metal in over six weeks.