Gold prices snapped a four-session rally to fall on Monday, pressured by a firmer U.S. dollar and profit-taking, while investors awaited key U.S. economic data for cues on the Federal Reserve's monetary policy outlook.
Gold prices snapped a four-session rally to fall on Monday, pressured by a firmer U.S. dollar and profit-taking, while investors awaited key U.S. economic data for cues on the Federal Reserve's monetary policy outlook.
Major U.S. data due this week includes U.S. job openings, the ADP employment report and the payrolls report.
"If the Fed was to set the stage more clearly for a potential rate hold into 2025, we may likely see gold prices weigh further," Rong said.
Gold prices slipped over 3% in November to register its worst monthly performance since September 2023 as the prospect of higher tariffs under the incoming Donald Trump administration to keep interest rates higher for longer loomed.
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Yeap Jun Rong, Jerome Powell, Rong, Donald Trump, Trump
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