SPOT MARKET gold prices climbed to $1643 an ounce Tuesday lunchtime in London – a 1.2% gain from yesterday's low, but still below Friday's close – as Eurozone concerns focused on the Netherlands after yesterday's government collapse.
Based on the PM London gold fix, gold prices remain 3% below their 200-day moving average.
Silver prices rallied back above $31 an ounce by Tuesday lunchtime – though they remained around 2% off where they began the week – while European stock markets edged higher following Monday's steep drop and commodities also made gains this morning.
The Euro meantime regained a bit of ground against the Dollar, though remained below last week's close, with the Federal Open Market Committee due to announce its latest monetary policy decisions tomorrow.
"If the Fed fails to hint at more quantitative easing, we may see a sharp drop in gold prices," says Hou Xinqiang, analyst at Jinrui Futures in Shenzhen, China.
"With the Dollar being slightly stronger, there is no reason at the moment to be interested in gold," adds David Wilson, metals research and strategy director at Citigroup.
Since this time last year, the Dollar Index, which measures the strength of the Dollar against a basket of other currencies, has risen nearly 9%.
Over the same period, sales of investment gold coins by the US Mint have fallen more sharply than those for silver, the latest US Mint data shows.
The Netherlands successfully sold €1 billion of 2-Year government debt – as well as a further €0.995 billion in 25-Year government bonds – at auctions on Tuesday, following the collapse of its government a day earlier.
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