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Gold prices are trading near their session highs on Friday morning after the latest data showed the U.S. housing market improving in June.New home sales rose 1.6% last month, lower than the expected 3.4% increase, the U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development announced.
The gold market continues to hold support above $4,000 an ounce but has been unable to attract any sustained bullish momentum as the U.S. economy remains fairly resilient, according to preliminary data from S&P Global.
Spot gold and silver prices are higher ahead of the North American market open Friday, as precious metals steadied after Thursday's selloff while traders weighed a stronger U.S. labor-market signal, the ECB's rate hold, elevated crude oil prices and firm Treasury yields. At the time of writing, spot gold was trading near $4,055.00 an ounce, up 0.16%, while spot silver was trading near $58.31, up 1.35% on the session.
China's resilience in the face of the U.S.-Iranian conflict has one strategist saying that gold will be the big winner and the U.S. dollar the loser from the revolution in the world order.
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Gold declined in early Asian trade. The dollar's rebound this week has caught up with the yellow metal, XM said.
Spot gold and silver prices are sharply lower in late-afternoon U.S. trading Thursday, as rising Treasury yields, a firmer U.S. dollar and a renewed crude-oil spike outweighed safe-haven demand tied to the U.S.-Iran conflict. At the time of writing, spot gold was trading near $4,047.80 an ounce, down 1.98%, while spot silver was trading near $57.64, down 3.46% on the session.
Although gold continues to struggle near $4,000, support is holding, and retail investors are showing little sign of capitulation, according to one market expert, who said the current selling reflects disciplined profit-taking rather than financial distress.
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