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​​​Gold, silver rally on falling US dollar while US natural gas hits six-month low

​​Outlook on gold, silver and US natural gas amid a weakening US dollar.

Source: Bloomberg

​​​Gold shoots back up to $2,039 on dovish Fed

​ ​Spot gold rallied from this week’s low at $1,974 per troy ounce to $2,039 where the breached October-to-December uptrend line, now because of inverse polarity a resistance line, acts as short-term resistance, together with the 7 December high at $2,040. If overcome, the $2,050 zone would be next in line, ahead of the 2020, 2022 and May 2023 highs at $2,070 to $2,082. ​The December 5 low at $2,010, together with the late October high and the 21 November high at $2,009 to $2,007 should offer support.

Source: ProRealTime

​Silver swiftly reverses its descent ​

Spot silver’s decline from its current December peak at $25.77 per troy ounce, a near seven-month high, has been followed by a rapid drop to Wednesday’s $22.51 low. From there another swift rally is currently taking place on the back of a dovish Fed and falling US dollar. ​Now that the 22 September and 20 October highs at $23.70 to $23.77 have been overcome, the August peak at $25.01 is back in sight. Support below $23.77 to $23.70 is seen along the 200-day simple moving average (SMA) at $23.55.

Source: ProRealTime

​US natural gas futures prices try to hold above six-month low

​US natural gas futures descent from their ten-month high at 3.665 in late October has taken these to a six-month low at 2.211 on Wednesday before recovering slightly amid a weakening US dollar. ​Good resistance can be spotted between the downtrend channel resistance line and this week’s price gap at 2.438 to 2.508. ​Were this week’s low at 2.211 to give way, the April-to-June lows at 2.158 to 2.063 would be in focus. ​

Source: ProRealTime

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