Gold price edges lower and erodes a part of Friday’s gains to over a two-week high.

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• Gold price edges lower and erodes a part of Friday’s gains to over a two-week high.
• Hawkish Fed expectations revive the USD demand and exert pressure on the metal.
• Geopolitical risks could lend support to the XAU/USD and help limit further losses.

Gold price (XAU/USD) settled in the green for the first time in the previous three weeks in the wake of persistent geopolitical tensions and the recent US Dollar (USD) corrective decline. The precious metal, however, struggles to capitalize on its move beyond the 50-day Simple Moving Average (SMA) and edges lower during the Asian session on Monday amid bets that the Federal Reserve (Fed) will keep rates higher for longer.

In fact, market participants pushed back their expectations for an early interest rate cut by the US central bank following the release of higher-than-expected US consumer and producer prices earlier this month. Adding to this, the minutes of the late January FOMC meeting, along with hawkish remarks by Fed officials suggested that the central bank was in no hurry to cut interest rates amid sticky inflation and a resilient US economy.

The hawkish outlook remains supportive of elevated US Treasury bond yields, which assists the USD in holding above a three-week low touched last Thursday and exerts some downward pressure on the non-yielding Gold price. The downside, however, seems limited in the wake of the risk of a further escalation of military action in the Middle East and the prolonged Russia-Ukraine war, which tends to benefit the safe-haven XAU/USD.

From a technical perspective, failure to find acceptance above the 50-day SMA and a modest pullback from the $2,041-2,042 intermediate hurdle warrants some caution for bullish traders. That said, oscillators on the daily chart have just started gaining positive traction and support prospects for additional near-term gains. Hence, any subsequent decline is more likely to attract fresh buyers near the $2,024 horizontal support.

A convincing break below, however, will expose the 100-day SMA, currently pegged near the $2,007 area. This is followed by the $2,000 psychological mark, which if broken decisively might shift the bias in favour of bearish traders. The Gold price might then accelerate the slide towards the $1,984 region before eventually dropping to the very important 200-day SMA support near the $1,967-1,966 zone.

On the flip side, bulls need to wait for a move beyond Friday’s swing high, around the $2,041-2,042 area, before placing fresh bets. The Gold price might then aim to challenge the next relevant hurdle near the $2,065 supply zone. Some follow-through buying will set the stage for a move towards reclaiming the $2,100 round figure mark for the first time since early December 2023.

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