Cooling trade tensions set gold on track for worst week since November
Spot gold fell 1.7% to $3,185.87 an ounce as of 1007 ET (14:07 GMT) and was down 4.2% so far this week. Last month, prices had reached a record high of $3,500.05 amid escalated
tariff
tensions.
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U.S. gold futures was down 1.2% to $3,188.70.
"The thawing of the U.S.-China trade war has revived risk appetite across the broader marketplace. This shift is prompting profit-taking among futures traders, particularly in the gold market, and has triggered a week-long wave of liquidation," said Jim Wycoff, senior analyst at Kitco Metals.
Washington and Beijing earlier this week announced a 90-day pause, while they work out the details to end their tit-for-tat trade war. Later, the U.S. said that it was slashing "de minimis" fees on smaller shipments from China.
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As a result, the Wall Street's three main indexes opened higher on Friday, building on this week's gains, after a long period of uncertainty.
Bullion is considered a
hedge
against economic and geopolitical turmoil. It also tends to do well in a low-interest rate environment.
Meanwhile, recent slowing
inflation
data, combined with a weaker-than-expected economic data, in the United States cemented bets of more Federal Reserve rate cuts this year.
Markets expect the U.S. central
bank
to implement two rate cuts, beginning in September.
Spot silver lost 1.3% to $32.27 an ounce and fell over 1% for the week.
"It seems to me that if gold resumed its bull market run, then silver has a more upside price potential too," said Wycoff.
Meanwhile, platinum dipped 0.6% to $983.56 and palladium eased 0.3% to $965.46. Both the sister metals also headed for weekly declines.
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