Gold price lacks direction while WTI rallies on supply worries
Gold continues to range trade in low volatility while WTI rallies over additional sanctions on Russia potentially leading to supply disruptions.
Gold continues to trade in a tight range and lacks direction
The price of gold continues to lack direction and stays below Thursday’s 1,950 high as further sanctions on Russia loom.
Key support can be found between the 55-day simple moving average (SMA) and the mid- to late March lows at $1,896 to $1,891 while significant resistance remains to be seen in the $1,959 to $1,974 region.
It is made up of the September and November 2020, January 2021, and February 2022 highs and as such is expected to cap again, if revisited.
WTI gains on worries of supply disruptions
Yesterday WTI shot back up again and formed a Bullish Engulfing pattern on the daily candlestick chart as the potential of more European and US sanctions on Russia added to concerns about supply disruptions, possibly negating a vast release by the US from the nation’s strategic oil reserves.
WTI thus rallied from its current April low at $97.18 to today’s intraday high to date at $104.80. If exceeded, the 30 March high at $107.98 will be back in the picture, together with the one-month resistance line at $109.40.
Good support remains to be seen between the late March and early April lows as well as the 55-day SMA at $97.96 to $97.18. Below this area sits the mid-March trough at $92.45.
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