7/31/2024
GOLD
OVERNIGHT CHANGE THROUGH 6:00 AM CDT: +$7.67 (+0.32%)
5-Day Change: +$28.15 (+1.17%)
YTD Range: $1,986.16 - $2,481.63
52-Week Range: $1,812.39 - $2,481.63
Weighted Alpha: +26.86
Gold opened this morning at $2,391.63 ahead of this week's central bank policy decisions. The July U.S. Jobs data report is set to be released this Friday. 
The Bank of Japan "BOJ" raised interest rates to levels unseen in 15 years. The rate hike was the largest since 2007 and came only months after the BOJ ended eight years of negative interest rates. The BOJ raised interest rates today to 0.25% by a 7-2 vote and projected inflation to stay around its 2% target in the coming years. BOJ Governor Kazuo Ueda did not rule out another hike this year and stressed the bank's readiness to keep raising borrowing costs to levels deemed neutral to the economy.
The World Gold Council asserts India's gold demand in the June quarter fell 5% from a year earlier, but consumption in the second half of 2024 should improve due to a correction in local price following a steep reduction in import taxes. Gold prices were back on track to register their best month since March on Wednesday led by geopolitical concerns and hopes of an interest rate cut in September.
Gold futures rose 0.5% to $2,429.7/oz following the assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Hanieyah in Tehran and a top Hezbollah commander in Beirut.
SILVER
OVERNIGHT CHANGE THROUGH 6:00 AM CDT: +$0.189 (+0.67%)
5-Day Change: -$0.131 (-0.45%)
YTD Range: $21.945 - $32.379
52-Week Range: $20.704 - $32.379
Weighted Alpha: +23.81
Silver is trading above the new 11-week low at $27.425 on Monday, breaching the $28.00/0z mark. 
Silver scaled higher for the second straight day on Wednesday 7/31 and climbed to a multi-day peak during the Asian session.
Silver consolidated at around the $28.50/oz mark after diving into a two-month low of $27.31/oz. The white metal fell below the $29.00/oz figure and cleared support levels like the 50 and 100-day moving averages. Silver opened Wednesday at $27.91/oz after a previous close above the $28.00/mark. The White Metal is currently trading around the $28.781/oz mark amid rising tensions in the Middle East.
Traders await today's FOMC decision for guidance.
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