Gold gained strong downside momentum after a successful test of the support at $2445 – $2450.
Gold futures dropped by more than 2% in Friday dealings, on track to post their first weekly loss in a month in what some analysts see as a “typical” pullback in the wake of the metal's rise to record highs earlier this week.
Jim Wyckoff has spent over 25 years involved with the stock, financial and commodity markets. He was a financial journalist with the FWN newswire service for many years, including stints as a reporter on the rough-and-tumble commodity futures trading floors in Chicago and New York.
The gold market plunged in the early hours of Friday, as the market participants seemingly jumped back into the US dollar. The $2400 level now becomes very important in the short-term, and it will be worth paying attention to.
Jim Wyckoff has spent over 25 years involved with the stock, financial and commodity markets. He was a financial journalist with the FWN newswire service for many years, including stints as a reporter on the rough-and-tumble commodity futures trading floors in Chicago and New York.
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Neils Christensen has a diploma in journalism from Lethbridge College and has more than a decade of reporting experience working for news organizations throughout Canada. His experiences include covering territorial and federal politics in Nunavut, Canada.
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