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Gold Up, Boosted by U.S. Treasury Yields Retreat

Published 06/21/2021, 12:28 AM
Updated 06/21/2021, 12:31 AM
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By Gina Lee

Investing.com – Gold was up on Monday morning in Asia, boosted by retreating U.S. Treasury yields.

Gold futures were up 0.33% to $1,774.85 by 12:26 AM ET (4:26 AM GMT). The yellow metal slid 6% during the previous week in its worst week since March 2021 after the U.S. Federal Reserve sprung a surprisingly hawkish stance as it handed down its latest policy decision.

The decision hinted that the Fed would raise interest rates and begin asset tapering earlier than expected.

The benchmark 10-year U.S. Treasury yield fell to its lowest level since Mar. 3, 2021. The dollar, which usually moves inversely to gold, inched up on Monday.

On Friday, Minneapolis Fed President Neel Kashkari said he wants to keep the central bank’s benchmark short-term interest rate near zero at least through the end of 2023 to allow the labor market to recover to its pre-COVID-19 strength.

Dallas Fed President Robert Kaplan and New York Fed President John Williams (NYSE:WMB) are also among the Fed officials due to speak throughout the week.

In Asia, the People’s Bank of China kept its loan prime rate steady at 3.85%. The Bank of England will hand down its own policy decision on Thursday, and European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde will address the European Parliament later in the day.

SPDR Gold Trust (P:GLD) said its holdings rose 1.1% to 1,053.06 tons on Friday from 1,041.99 tons the day before.

Gold purchases in India rose during the previous week as local rates declined, although investors cautioned that the demand will not return to pre-COVID-19 levels anytime soon. Meanwhile, Russian gold reserves stood at 73.7 million troy ounces as of the beginning of June, the Bank of Russia said on Friday.

In other precious metals, silver rose 0.6%, palladium climbed 1% and platinum was up 0.4%.

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