#XAUUSD @ 1662.58 Gold meets with a fresh supply on Monday amid a goodish pickup in the USD demand. (Pivot Orderbook analysis)

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• Gold meets with a fresh supply on Monday amid a goodish pickup in the USD demand.
• Aggressive Fed rate hike bets, elevated US bond yields continue to underpin the buck.
• The risk-off impulse fails to impress bullish traders or lend any support to the XAU/USD.

The pair currently trades last at 1662.58.

The previous day high was 1680.39 while the previous day low was 1654.17. The daily 38.2% Fib levels comes at 1670.37, expected to provide resistance. Similarly, the daily 61.8% fib level is at 1664.19, expected to provide resistance.

Gold struggles to capitalize on Friday’s goodish rebound from its lowest level since April 2020 and meets with a fresh supply on the first day of a new week. The XAU/USD continues losing ground through the early European session and drops to a fresh daily low, around the $1,660 area in the last hour.

The intraday descent is sponsored by the emergence of fresh buying around the US dollar, which tends to undermine demand for the dollar-denominated commodity. The stronger US consumer inflation data released last week all but cemented expectations that the Fed will tighten its monetary policy at a faster pace.

In fact, the markets have been pricing in a small chance of a full 100 bps rate increase at this week’s FOMC meeting. This remains supportive of elevated US Treasury bond yields, which continue to act as a tailwind for the greenback and contributes to driving flows away from the non-yielding yellow metal.

Even the prevalent risk-off environment fails to impress bullish traders or offer any support to the safe-haven gold. The rapidly rising borrowing costs, along with the economic headwinds stemming from China’s zero-covid policy and the protracted Russia-Ukraine war, have been fueling recession fears.

Adding to this, the worsening US-China relationship tempers investors’ appetite for perceived riskier assets, which is evident from a generally weaker tone around the equity markets. In the latest development, US President Joe Biden said the US would defend Taiwan in the event of an attack by China.

It, however, remains to be seen if bearish traders can maintain their dominant position or opt to lighten their bets ahead of the central bank event risks. The Fed, the Bank of Japan, the Swiss National Bank and the Bank of England will announce their respective policy decisions during the latter part of the week.

In the meantime, the prospects for a more aggressive policy tightening by major central banks should continue to act as a headwind for gold. This, in turn, suggests that any meaningful recovery attempt could be seen as a selling opportunity amid absent relevant market-moving economic data from the US.

Technical Levels: Supports and Resistances

XAUUSD currently trading at 1664.15 at the time of writing. Pair opened at 1674.76 and is trading with a change of -0.63 % .

The pair remains strongly bearish on the daily time frame. It trades below the 20 SMA @ 1716.79, 50 SMA 1737.26, 100 SMA @ 1785.5 and 200 SMA @ 1831.32.

The previous day high was 1680.39 while the previous day low was 1654.17. The daily 38.2% Fib levels comes at 1670.37, expected to provide resistance. Similarly, the daily 61.8% fib level is at 1664.19, expected to provide resistance.

Note the levels of interest below:

• Pivot support is noted at 1659.16, 1643.55, 1632.94
• Pivot resistance is noted at 1685.38, 1695.99, 1711.6

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