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Blog posts of '2023' 'July'

Zaner Daily Precious Metals Commentary
Monday, July 3, 2023
While global equity markets were higher overnight and produced a measure of risk on sentiment, economic news overnight was generally discouraging with European and factory activity contracting last month while Chinese June PMI readings marginally improved but were heavily offset by a survey predicting "gloom to spread from weak Chinese growth".
 
Fortunately for the bull camp, the dollar is showing only minimal strength as a 10th straight daily outflow from gold ETF holdings highlights a market still out of favor with investors. Gold holdings year-to-date are now down 1.2%!
 
Silver ETF holdings also declined last week by 1.86 million ounces and are fractionally lower year-to-date...[MORE]
 
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Gold slips as stronger dollar, rate hike expectations dent appeal
Monday, July 3, 2023

July 3 (Reuters) - Gold fell on Monday as a stronger dollar dented the metal’s appeal, with investors awaiting U.S. non-farm payrolls data and minutes of the latest Federal Reserve meeting due later this week for clues on U.S. monetary policy.

Spot gold was down 0.3% at $1,913.88 per ounce by 1222 GMT, while U.S. gold futures fell 0.4% to $1,921.80. Bullion lost 2.5% in the April to June quarter...[LINK]

Morning Metals Call
Monday, July 3, 2023

Good morning. The precious metals are mostly lower in early U.S. trading.

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