Loading ...PRECIOUS-Gold near 3-mth highs on political, economic uncertainty
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“It is likely that at least some gold buying is the result of uncertainty over U.S. policy, but also investor reaction to the possibility that the far-right, eurosceptic candidate in the French presidential election this year, Marine Le Pen, is gaining momentum in the polls.”
Investors are concerned that the far right could win France’s presidential vote and take it out of the European Union.
Holdings of SPDR Gold Trust , the world’s largest gold-backed exchange-traded fund, climbed 1.01 percent to 826.95 tonnes on Tuesday from Monday. Holdings rose for a fifth straight session.
The rise in holdings, along with recent data from U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), show an increase in long positions for managed money and a decrease in short holders, MKS PAMP Group trader Alex Thorndike said.”