Gold prices rose on Thursday for the first time in 6 days, within recovery attempts from a 3-month low, while the US dollar fell.
Gold prices rose 0.7% to $1,789.00 an ounce, after opening at $1,776.65, and hit a day low at $1,775.69.
The yellow metal closed lower by 1.1% yesterday, in its fifth straight daily loss and the longest losing streak in 2021, and hit a 3-month low of $1,769.53.
The dollar index fell more than 0.3% today, to pull back from a week high of 91.05 points.
The US dollar fell due to weak demand, amid optimism about the global economic recovery thanks to massive stimulus measures and vaccination campaigns.
The Federal Reserve's minutes of its January 26-27 meeting, revealed that the Fed will continue its dovish monetary policy until the economy shows strong signs on returning to its growth path and reach full recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic.
Gold stocks at the SPDR ETF fell 3.79 metric tonnes yesterday, with the total at the lowest level since June 10 of 1,132.89 metric tonnes.
Oil prices fell on Thursday, after rising earlier due to profit-taking from a 13-month high, but today's losses are ebbed after a drop in the US crude inventories according to the American Petroleum Institute's preliminary data and fears over the US supply amid the cold weather conditions in that suspended most of Texas' supply.
US crude fell 0.6% to $61.30, after opening at $61.66, and hit a day high and the highest since January 2020 at $62.25, and Brent crude fell more than 0.5% to $64.51, after opening at $64.88, and hit a day high and the highest since January 2020 at $65.49.
US crude rose 2.6% yesterday, while Brent crude futures rose 2.3%, posting their fourth straight daily gain.
The American Petroleum Institute (API) revealed yesterday in preliminary data that the US crude inventories fell by about 5.8 million barrels during the week ending February 12, beating forecasts of a drop by 3.4 million barrels.
The total commercial inventories fell to 473.4 million barrels, the lowest level since the week ending March 27, 2020, which is considered a positive sign of the US domestic demand.
While the US Energy Information Administration's official data will be released later today, amid forecasts for inventories to fall by 2.1 million barrels.
A deep freeze in the US forced at least 5 oil refineries in Texas to suspend production and halted the production of about 1 million oil barrels per day.
Asian stock indices opened the fourth session of the week mixed with Japanese stocks mixed while China, Australia gained ground and New Zealand, Hong Kong, and South Korea declined for the day, as higher bond yields worldwide hurt stock performance.
Global stocks continue to hover near record highs on prospects of economic recovery as Covid 19 vaccinations spread, while US president Joe Biden carries on his stimulus agenda to bolster economic performance.
From Australia, unemployment fell 6.4% in January, compared to a 6.6% drop in December, while employment change rose 29.1 thousand, compared to a 50K increase in December.
Japan's TOPEX fell 0.54%, while Nikkei 225 rose 0.17% to 30,344.
China's CSI 300 rose 0.26%, while Shanghai climbed 1.24% to 3,700.
Hong Kong's Hang Seng fell 0.38%, while South Korea's KOSPI declined 0.64% to 3,113.
New Zealand's NZX 50 fell 0.05%, while Australia's S&P/ASX 200 rose 0.03% to 6,887.
USD/JPY tilted higher in Asian trade off January 29 lows, amid a lack of data from Japan and ahead of US data and speeches by Fed officials.
As of 07:07 GMT, USD/JPY rose 0.02% to 105.89, with an intraday high at 105.91.
From the US, the Philly manufacturing index is expected down to 20.3 from 26.5 in January.
Federal Reserve Governor Lael Brainard is due to speak at a climate finance online summit hosted by the Institute for International Finance.
US import prices are expected up 1% in January, compared to a 0.9% increase in December, while unemployment claims are estimated down 18 thousand to 775 thousand.
US building permits are expected down to 1.67 million from 1.7 million, while housing starts are expected down to 1.66 million from 1.67 million in December.
The Federal Reserve will release minutes of the January 26-27 meeting, at which policymakers voted to maintain rates at record lows near zero and the bonds purchases program unchanged at $80 billion a month.