Gold Gains In Asia As North Korea Tensions Heighten Risk - Gold prices gained in Asia on Tuesday with risk heightened as President Donald Trump declared North Korea a state sponsor of terrorism, using more stick in dealings with Pyongyang even as contacts are said to be underway to lead to talks. Overnight, gold prices fell on Monday as a slump in the euro amid rising political uncertainty in Germany pushed the dollar to a nearly one-week high dampening demand for the precious metal. Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Monday that she would prefer new elections rather than lead a minority government after talks to form the country's next government collapsed overnight. That sparked concerns over the future leadership position of chancellor Merkel, pressuring the euro to lows, while supporting an uptick in the dollar to trade higher against a basket of global currencies. The U.S. dollar index, which measures the greenback’s strength against Also adding to gold weakness was the prospect of higher interest rates as the Federal Reserve’s December 12-13 meeting draws closer amid strong expectations the central bank will raise rates. According to investing.com’s fed rate monitor tool 100% traders expect the Federal Reserve to raise rates.
Zinc prices dropped amid
concerns over a slowdown in China's economy - Zinc on MCX settled
down -0.5% at 207.70 while prices traded in the range with mixed fundamentals
support seen in step with a stronger showing in Chinese steel futures, and
after the global lead market swung into a deficit in September while the zinc
market deficit widened slightly from with the previous month, data from
International Lead and Zinc Study Group showed on Monday. While upside was
capped as dollar remained not far from a one-week high against a basket of
currencies as German political woes continued to pressure the euro.
Copper steadied supported after
a report showed China's property sector, a major metals consumer remained
resilient last month - Copper on MCX settled up 0.99% at
444.35 after a report showed China's property sector, a major metals consumer,
remained resilient in October but a stronger dollar capped gains. China's new
home prices rose at a slightly faster pace in October after gains had held
steady the previous month, as prices remained resilient in the face of falling
sales and a tighter liquidity environment. The three-month copper price was
recently up $13.50 per tonne after positive data releases from China and the
United States helped ease concerns of weakened demand.
Crude Oil Rebounds In Asia With API Estimates Ahead
- Crude oil prices rebounded in Asia on Tuesday ahead of weekly industry
estimates on U.S. supplies.The American Petroleum Institute (API) will release
its estimates of crude and refined product stocks in the U.S. last week.
Analysts expect crude oil supplies fell by 2.167 million barrels, while
distillate stocks are seen down by 1.833 million barrels and gasoline
inventories are expected up by 900,000 barrels. The estimates will be followed
by official data from the Energy Information Administration (EIA) on Wednesday.
Overnight, crude oil prices
settled lower on Monday as traders opted for caution ahead of the OPEC meeting
in Vienna, where it’s widely expected that OPEC and non-OPEC producers
will agree to extend output curbs. Oil futures added to losses sustained last week as traders opted against
initiating bullish bets on oil prices ahead of the Organization of the
Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) on Nov. 30.
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