Gold Price Forecast: XAUUSD offered by new news from Poland

• Gold benefits from risk appetite in markets on the news from Poland.
• The dollar could be about to undergo a major correction, putting a weight on gold.

Gold price is heading higher on the day, now trading at $1,778 up 0.4% on news that at least two people have been killed after Russian missiles landed on NATO state Poland in the border with Ukraine, according to Express. Poland has called a meeting of the national security committee, according to a spokesman. Before the news, the yellow metal already suffered a fall.

The dollar had come under pressure on Monday after Producer Price Index data mirrored last week’s Consumer Price Index. The DXY fell to its lowest since mid-August at around 105.35 and was on track to test the August 10 low at around 104.636. US yields reacted accordingly with the PPI coming in at 8.0%, versus 8.3% expected and 8.4% revised (was 8.5%) in September. The PPI stood at 6.7% year-on-year, compared to 7.2% expected and actual in September. “The PPI data will do nothing to dispel the idea that the Fed is nearing a pivot,” analysts at Brown Brothers Harriman said.

Meanwhile, the US 2-year yield is trading near 4.37%, just above last Thursday’s recent low of near 4.29%. The 10-year yield is trading near 3.80%, down from last Thursday’s recent low of near 3.81%. “Yields are likely to continue to probe lower this week until the data says otherwise,” the BBH analysts said.

Equity markets had been holding on to the PPI data as confirmation of the CPI data, but faded on the day and began to melt towards the day’s lows, suddenly driven lower by the geopolitical turmoil:

The above is the knee-jerk reaction of 15 minutes in the S&P 500 to the news. Add to this the risks of COVID from China and an inverted yield curve in the US, which indicate that the US economy is likely to enter a recession in the next 12 months or so, equities could continue to feel the pressure. . This scenario could again play in favor of dollar bulls and continue to weigh on gold prices.

Gold Technical Analysis

Prior to the news, there were prospects for an extension to the downside on the 4-hour chart. However, the news has put a bid on the yellow metal according to the following 15-minute chart:

However, the situation is bullish for a correcting US dollar, as seen in the following DXY chart:

This could be the start of a significant correction on the daily chart, limiting Gold’s advances: