Feb 26, 2013
Commodities Brief – Precious metals rally on Italian quagmire, Gold testing psychological 1600 barrier
Gold prices have inched higher Tuesday amid the uncertainly of the Italian election results and the unpredictable direction that the country may take in recent days or weeks. With investors cautioned by risk, gold briefly breached the USD $1600 per oz. level (1601.65 session high), and is testing the psychological barrier in these moments, which is doubling as resistance. Fundamentally, gold is trading above its 20, 50, and 200-day SMA, which have converged in the 1592.75 region. Despite the recent rally, the yellow metal sits at the crossroads, eyeing Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke’s testimony later today at 15:00 GMT – the perspective or tone of his remarks has the potential to sustain the recent rebound in prices or send them crashing back towards 7-month lows incurred last week.
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