Dollar softens and gold advances before US confidence and BoJ inflation updates 

Market Recap  XAUUSD XAUUSD finished the session at 4570.93, up 27.77 or 0.61% from the 4543.16 open, after traversing a 46.97 range that equated to 1.03% of the opening price. The day’s low printed at 4533.06 at 01:00, and price reached the high of 4580.03 at 02:42, a level flagged as a five-day high. The market then stayed within that established band into…

Dollar firms against yen as gold slips after steady euro GDP 

Market Recap  XAUUSDXAUUSD ended the session lower, settling at 4507.94 at 23:56, down 34.32 points (-0.76%) from the 4542.26 open. Price printed its high almost immediately at 01:02, reaching 4546.04, which stayed below the 4550 handle, and later marked the session low at 17:14 at 4490.62, briefly trading beneath 4500. The intraday range measured 55.42 points, equal to 1.22% of the open and…

Dollar holds firm as yen softens and euro awaits GDP and Lagarde 

Market Recap  XAUUSD Gold (XAUUSD) traversed an 82.00 range on Thursday, moving 1.8% of the open and finishing marginally lower on the day. The session opened at 4545.98, printed the high at 4570.71 at 04:41, later fell to the low at 4488.71 at 16:39, and settled at 4542.62, down 3.36 points (-0.074%). Range compression versus higher-timeframe volatility was evident, with the day’s span at roughly 85% of…

Sterling eases on softer UK inflation while gold and stocks rise before US claims 

Market Recap  XAUUSD XAUUSD ended the 01:00–23:57 session at 4543.76, up 61.23 (+1.37%) from the 4482.53 open. The day spanned 98.89, or 2.21% of the open, amounting to 97.9% of the D1 ATR. Price first set the session low at 4453.70 at 06:08, establishing new 5‑day and 10‑day lows, before reaching the high at 4552.59 at 18:17. The close was near the upper…

Oil climbs and gold softens as traders await euro area CPI and inventories 

Market Recap  XAUUSD XAUUSD ended the session lower at 4481.92, a decline of 85.85 points (-1.88%) from the open at 4567.77. Price covered a 124.02 range, or 2.72% of the open, with an early lift to the session high of 4589.03 at 03:03 before momentum turned and the market slipped through the 4,500 figure to a low of 4465.01 at 16:31. The close…