Selling strategy today, downtrend

World gold prices increased with spot gold increasing by 7.5 USD to 2,170.8 USD/ounce. Gold futures last traded at 2,173 USD/ounce, up 13.2 USD compared to yesterday morning.

Prices for the yellow metal rose slightly in early trading as investors awaited key economic data and comments from US Federal Reserve (Fed) officials this week for further confirmation. loosening monetary policy of the US Central Bank.

The market is currently waiting for weekly initial jobless claims data to be released on March 28 and core personal consumption expenditure index (PCE) data expected to be released. the day after that. However, because the market will be closed this Friday as the US closes for the Good Friday holiday, PCE data will not have an impact on gold until early next week.

Research expert Kunal Shah of Nirmal Bang Commodities predicts that US inflation indicators will have a significant impact on the gold market. According to him, any PCE figure lower than expected will weaken the USD and push up gold prices and vice versa.