- Gold price plummets to a multi-week low as the USD surges to a four-month high.
- The Trump trade is back in play following the initial US election exit poll results.
- Surging US bond yields and the risk-on mood further undermine the XAU/USD.
Gold price (XAU/USD) comes under intense selling pressure heading into the European session on Wednesday and dives to the $2,700 neighborhood, or a nearly three-week low in the last hour. Republican nominee Donald Trump is leading the US presidential race and is most likely to become the 47th president, triggering a sharp US Dollar (USD) rally and prompting aggressive selling around the commodity.
Furthermore, deficit-spending concerns and bets for a less aggressive easing by the Federal Reserve (Fed) continue to push the US Treasury bond yields higher, which further contributes to driving flows away from the non-yielding Gold price. Adding to this, the risk-on impulse – as depicted by a strong rally in the US equity futures – suggests that the path of least resistance for the safe-haven XAU/USD is to the downside.
Daily Digest Market Movers: Gold price slumps as USD buying remains unabated
- The US Dollar surged to over a four-month top in reaction to the US election exit polls, which suggest that the vote is moving in favor of former President Donald Trump.
- The current electoral vote tally is 227 for Trump and 189 for Harris, with the former US President taking hold of the other swing states - Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.
- Fox News called Republicans in control of the US Senate. Republicans won a key Senate seat in Ohio, with Trump-endorsed nominee Bernie Moreno projected to defeat Democratic Sen.
- With Trump outperforming, speculation about the launch of potentially inflation-generating tariffs and deficit-spending concerns push the US Treasury bond yields sharply higher.
- The yield on the benchmark 10-year US government bond surges around 15 points, or a nearly 3.5% intraday and climbs to 4.44%, hitting its highest level since July 2.
- The US election results clear out a major point of uncertainty for markets, triggering a fresh wave of risk-on trade and further contributing to capping the safe-haven Gold price.
- Meanwhile, the downfall in the safe-haven XAU/USD seem rather unaffected by concerns over Iran's plans for a retaliatory strike against Israel’s attack on its territory on October 26.
Technical Outlook: Gold price could find support near $2,690, or lower end of ascending channel
From a technical perspective, the $2,725-2,720 area might continue to act as immediate strong support, below which the Gold price could accelerate the slide towards testing sub-$2,700 levels. The latter represents the lower boundary of a short-term ascending trend channel extending from late July. A convincing break below should pave the way for an extension of the recent corrective pullback from the all-time peak touched last week and drag the XAU/USD toward the next relevant support near the $2,675 zone en route to the $2,657-2,655 region.
On the flip side, the $2,748-2,750 area now seems to have emerged as an immediate hurdle. The subsequent move up could lift the Gold price to the ascending trend-channel hurdle, currently pegged near the $2,780-2,785 region. This is closely followed by the $2,800 mark, which is likely to act as a key pivotal point. A sustained strength beyond will set the stage for the resumption of the prior well-established uptrend.
US Dollar PRICE Today
The table below shows the percentage change of US Dollar (USD) against listed major currencies today. US Dollar was the strongest against the Euro.
| USD | EUR | GBP | JPY | CAD | AUD | NZD | CHF | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| USD | 1.76% | 1.20% | 1.65% | 0.57% | 1.41% | 1.17% | 1.12% | |
| EUR | -1.76% | -0.54% | -0.08% | -1.16% | -0.35% | -0.59% | -0.63% | |
| GBP | -1.20% | 0.54% | 0.44% | -0.62% | 0.20% | -0.05% | -0.09% | |
| JPY | -1.65% | 0.08% | -0.44% | -1.05% | -0.23% | -0.49% | -0.52% | |
| CAD | -0.57% | 1.16% | 0.62% | 1.05% | 0.83% | 0.58% | 0.53% | |
| AUD | -1.41% | 0.35% | -0.20% | 0.23% | -0.83% | -0.25% | -0.30% | |
| NZD | -1.17% | 0.59% | 0.05% | 0.49% | -0.58% | 0.25% | -0.04% | |
| CHF | -1.12% | 0.63% | 0.09% | 0.52% | -0.53% | 0.30% | 0.04% |
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