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Gold prices recover from 6-month low as dollar drops; Russia buys bullion

Spot gold was up 0.2 percent at $1,265.4 an ounce at 1501 GMT but off a low of $1,260.84, its weakest level since Dec 19. US gold futures GCcv1 for August delivery settled down $4, or 0.3 percent, at $1,270.50 per ounce.

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Gold prices recover from 6-month low as dollar drops; Russia buys bullion
Higher interest rates would encourage investors to sell gold, which earns nothing and costs money to store and insure. Image source: Reuters
Written By: Reuters
Updated: Fri, Jun 22, 2018
10:10 am
NEW YORK/LONDON, Reuters
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The price of gold rose slightly on Thursday, lifted off an early six-month low as the US dollar fell from an 11-month high, with traders saying they heard Russia had bid for bullion.

Spot gold was up 0.2 percent at $1,265.4 an ounce at 1501 GMT but off a low of $1,260.84, its weakest level since Dec 19. US gold futures GCcv1 for August delivery settled down $4, or 0.3 percent, at $1,270.50 per ounce.

“Gold started to pick up as the dollar weakened,” said RJO Futures’ Dan Pavilonis.

The dollar fell off an 11-month high against a basket of major currencies as the Philadelphia Federal Reserve’s gauge of US Mid-Atlantic business activity fell to a near 1-1/2 year low, spurring profit-taking on the greenback.

Higher US interest rates and the prospect of further rate hikes this year from the Federal Reserve have boosted the dollar to its highest since last July against a basket of major currencies .DXY. [FRX/]

Higher interest rates would encourage investors to sell gold, which earns nothing and costs money to store and insure.

A rising US currency also sends a sell gold signal to funds that use numerical models because a strong dollar makes commodities more expensive for holders of other currencies.

Even so, traders said they have seen gold purchases come from Russia.

“We’ve been hearing in the news over the last couple weeks that Russia has been buying more gold and selling US Treasuries,” Pavilonis added.

Russia could be attempting to shore up its currency because of falling crude oil prices, said George Gero, vice president of RBC Capital Markets.

“And also, they are a large producer of gold and they may be trying to stabilise the market,” Gero added.

Meanwhile, holdings of US-based gold-backed exchange traded funds have fallen since April.

“Uncertainty would normally fuel demand for gold as a safe haven, which we would see in the physically backed products, but instead we are seeing outflows from the US products,” said Julius Baer analyst Carsten Menke.

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“From the perspective of a US investor, focused on the domestic market and economy, the threat from trade tensions is much lower than in Europe. US domestic consumption is a major driver of growth and there isn’t a problem there.”

Silver gained 0.4 percent at $16.33 an ounce, earlier falling to $16.16, its lowest since May 2.

Palladium XPD= lost 1.5 percent at $950, earlier sinking to $948.50, a seven-week low. Platinum XPT= slipped 0.1 percent at $866.10 per ounce .

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