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Gold Price Analysis: XAU/USD sellers need $1,763 breakdown to keep reins

  • Gold remains on the back foot for the second consecutive day.
  • 21-day, 50-day EMA convergence restricts immediate downside, $1,798 holds the key for buyer’s entry.

Gold trims intraday losses while picking bids around $1,768.50, down 0.20%, heading into Friday’s European session.

In doing so, the bright metal justifies late Thursday’s bounce off a two-week low, not to forget the failure to provide a daily closing below 21-day and 50-day EMA confluence.

Given the downward sloping RSI line, gold sellers are likely to stay in the power but will have to break the key $1,763 support to ward off the upside risk.

Meanwhile, 200-day EMA near $1,792 guards the bullion’s short-term upside ahead of the previous support line and the monthly peak surrounding $1,798.

It should, however, be noted that the gold bulls may wait for a clear run-up beyond the $1,800 threshold before challenging February’s top close to the $1,816.

Gold daily chart

Trend: Further weakness expected

Additional important levels

Overview
Today last price1768.21
Today Daily Change-3.75
Today Daily Change %-0.21%
Today daily open1771.96
 
Trends
Daily SMA201760.37
Daily SMA501745.4
Daily SMA1001800.48
Daily SMA2001855.94
 
Levels
Previous Daily High1790.03
Previous Daily Low1756.18
Previous Weekly High1797.93
Previous Weekly Low1763.7
Previous Monthly High1759.98
Previous Monthly Low1676.87
Daily Fibonacci 38.2%1769.11
Daily Fibonacci 61.8%1777.1
Daily Pivot Point S11755.42
Daily Pivot Point S21738.87
Daily Pivot Point S31721.57
Daily Pivot Point R11789.27
Daily Pivot Point R21806.57
Daily Pivot Point R31823.12

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Anil Panchal

Anil Panchal

FXStreet

Anil Panchal has nearly 15 years of experience in tracking financial markets. With a keen interest in macroeconomics, Anil aptly tracks global news/updates and stays well-informed about the global financial moves and their implications.

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