Gold for February delivery was down $9.20 at $1,742.10 an ounce at the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange. The gold price has traded as high as $1,758.80 and as low as $1,732.20 an ounce while the spot price was down $6, according to Kitco's gold index.
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Silver prices were adding 17 cents at $32.86 an ounce while the U.S. dollar index was down 0.56% at $78.24. Gold was also decoupling from the stock market -- the two have been moving in tandem of late. Any sell off in stocks can prompt gold selling as investors need to raise cash. On the flip side, if markets head higher and traders still need cash they might be more apt to sell gold then a stock up 10%.There was steady buying from Asia overnight and Western traders took advantage of the price move to lock in gains and are tentative to bet big on gold.
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The ECB is also meeting on Thursday. After slashing rates by 0.25% at its last meeting, the expectation is that it could do so again. "Our economists anticipate a rate cut of 25 basis points to 1%," says CommerzBank. "This should lend support to the gold price since the opportunity costs of holding gold will remain low." When interest rates stay lower than inflation rates, currently at 3% for the Eurozone, cash in the bank is worth less, which makes gold more attractive to own.
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Gold will also be hostage to the U.S. dollar. A strong rally in the currency on safe haven buying will pressure gold while any deep selloff in the currency will support gold prices as the metal gets cheaper to buy in other currencies."The U.S. dollar index appears to be topping out," says Mark Arbeter who also acknowledges that the index could make one final push higher adding short term pressure on all commodities including gold. However, longer term Arbeter thinks "gold could challenge its all-time highs up- near $1,900 an ounce and possibly reach $2,000 an ounce early next year." Gold mining stocks were waffling Monday. Barrick Gold(ABX) was shedding 0.92% to $50.55 while Newmont Mining(NEM) was down 0.48% at $66.70. Other gold stocks, Goldcorp(GG) and NovaGold(NG) were drifting lower at $51.16 and $10.89, respectively. They will be two stocks to watch today.Goldcorp increased its annual dividend to 54 cents a share and NovaGold released its updated feasibility study for Donlin Creek in Alaska, co-owned with Barrick.Donlin will produce 1.5 million ounces of gold at cash costs of $409 an ounce for the first 5 years of production and then 1.1 million ounces of gold a year for 22 years at $585 an ounce. The gold is split evenly between Barrick and NovaGold. Capital expenditures are $6.7 billion, $300 million lower than previously reported, for the next 5-6 years, which accounts for building a natural gas pipeline and a big contingency buffer of $1 billion. NovaGold's share of that is $3.35 billion. -- New York. Related Articles: How to Invest in GoldDo Gold Prices Have Room to Rise?
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