Gold prices steady as US rate-cut optimism supports
July 16 (Reuters) -Gold prices were steady on Tuesday, buoyed by bets that the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates this year, while focus shifted to U.S. economic data due later in the day for further monetary policy clues.
FUNDAMENTALS
* Spot gold XAU= held its ground at $2,422.12 per ounce, as of 0021 GMT. Prices hit their highest level since May 20 on Monday, when they scaled a record high of $2,449.89 per ounce.
* U.S. gold futures GCcv1 dipped 0.1% to $2,425.60.
* Fed Chair Jerome Powell said on Monday the three U.S. inflation readings over the second quarter of this year "add somewhat to confidence" that the pace of price increases is returning to the Fed's target in a sustainable fashion, remarks that suggest a turn to interest rate cuts may not be far off.
* Investors will keep a tab on U.S. retail sales data due at 1230 GMT. Fed governors Christopher Waller and Adriana Kugler as well as other Fed officials will also speak this week.
* Traders continue to bet on a September rate cut, and two more before the end of the year. Lower rates reduce the opportunity cost of holding non-yielding bullion. FEDWATCH
* SPDR Gold Trust GLD, the world's largest gold-backed exchange-traded fund, said its holdings rose 0.17% to 836.53 tons on Monday from 835.09 tons on Friday. GOL/ETF
* India's four-week platinum imports from mid-June eclipsed 2023's total as bullion dealers exploited a loophole by registering alloys containing around 90% gold as platinum to avoid higher duties, government and industry officials told Reuters.
* Spot silver XAG= fell 1.4% to $30.59 per ounce, platinum XPT= slipped 0.2% at $993.28 and palladium XPD= steadied at $950.31.
DATA/EVENTS (GMT)
0900 EU Total Trade Balance SA May
0900 Germany ZEW Economic Sentiment July
0900 Germany ZEW Current Conditions July
1230 US Import Prices YY June
1230 US Retail Sales MM June
Reporting by Ashitha Shivaprasad in Bengaluru; Editing by Sherry Jacob-Phillips
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