Gold prices headed lower on Wednesday as global stocks rallied on optimism about the progress in finding a vaccine for the coronavirus. Better-than-expected quarterly results from U.S. corporations are also helping to diminish the traditional haven appeal for bullion, but a decline in the U.S. dollar limited declines in precious …
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Gold futures retreated Friday, with investors shunning haven assets amid early optimism over a drug that’s anecdotally shown potential to treat COVID-19 and the release of a road map to gradually reopening the U.S. economy. “Risk sentiment has been bolstered by U.S. President Donald Trump and reports suggesting a potential …
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Gold futures headed lower Tuesday, as government bond yields and the US. dollar rose, putting pressure on the metal that has gained in the month and quarter against the backdrop of the COVID-19 pandemic. Losses for gold came on the back of the latest U.S. consumer confidence data, which showed …
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Gold prices punched higher Tuesday, with gains for the metal coinciding with an announcement that the Federal Reserve was establishing a lending facility to assist U.S. corporations in rolling over short-term debt, a key area of the market that had frozen during the coronavirus pandemic. A gain for the precious …
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Gold futures on Monday headed modestly higher as investors fretted about the economic impact on China of the fast-moving outbreak of the coronavirus. The death toll for the novel strain of coronavirus climbed to more than 900 in mainland China, exceeding that of the severe acute respiratory syndrome, or SARS, …
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