DAILY BUZZ
GOLD
- Gold was trading near its highest in two weeks on Wednesday, bolstered by signs of increasing demand in China and as rising tensions over Ukraine burnished its safe-haven appeal.
- But investors continued to pull money out of gold-backed exchange-traded funds, raising the risk that price gains could be short lived. Spot gold had risen 0.3 per cent to $1,312.21 an ounce by 0322 GMT, after gaining 0.9 per cent in the previous session. The metal hit a two-week high of $1,314.43 on Tuesday.
- "Gold is going to rebound some more in the short term," said Mark To, head of research at Hong Kong's Wing Fung Financial Group. "After the Crimea annexation, I think people are more and more concerned that the rest of the Ukraine territory will be in danger somehow," he said, adding that would drive risk aversion and push up gold prices.
- Technicals are also looking positive, said some analysts. "The underlying bearishness is weaker compared to a week ago as the (price) declines are short-lived and prices seem well supported above $1,306.50, a resistance turned support level," Phillip Futures said in a note.
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