Gold closes at 4-week high after Fed Chief's remarks
Gold prices rose on Thursday, as the US dollar fell against most majors after the release of weak US data, and gold hit a 1-month high following Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell's statements.
Powell said today that the Fed wants to make sure there are strong signs on the US economic recovery before changing its current monetary policy, which includes near zero interest rates and asset purchases.
Data showed that the US unemployment claims rose to 744K during the past week, worse than forecasts of 684K.
The International Monetary Fund raised its projections for the US economy to grow by 6.4% in 2021 based on the Federal Reserve's forecasts.
The 10-year US Treasury bond yield fell to 1.641% today.
The dollar index fell against a basket of currencies by 0.4% to 92.07 points as of 18:17 GMT, after it hit a high of 92.4 points and a low of 92.0 points.
Gold June futures rose 1%% or $16.6, and closed at the highest level since February 25 at $1,758.2.
| Symbol | Last | Change | Chg.% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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1.1974
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0.0063
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0.5285%
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|
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1.3782
|
0.0034
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0.2473%
|
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Tadawul
|
9847.62
|
27.59
|
0.28%
|
|
|
|
|
25.413
|
0.319
|
1.269%
|
|
|
|
|
62.880
|
2.490
|
4.123%
|
|
|
|
|
66.35
|
2.65
|
4.16%
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|
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1736.755
|
-0.180
|
0.010%
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