Gold Today –New York closed at $1,285.90 Friday after closing at $1,279.20 Thursday. London opened at $1,271.20 today. 

Overall the dollar was weaker against global currencies early today. Before London’s opening:

 -         The $: € was significantly weaker at $1.0843 after Friday’s $1.0695: €1.

-         The Dollar index was weaker at 99.18 after Friday’s 99.94. 

-         The Yen was weaker at 110.108 after Friday’s 109.18:$1. 

-         The Yuan was barely changed at 6.8865 after Friday’s 6.8867: $1. 

-         The Pound Sterling was weaker at $1.2787 after Friday’s $1.2833: £1.

Yuan Gold Fix

Please note that the Shanghai Fixes are for 1 gm of gold. From the Middle East eastward metric measurements are used against 0.9999 quality gold. [Please note that the 0.5% difference in price can be accounted for by the higher quality of Shanghai’s gold on which their gold price is based over London’s ‘good delivery’ standard of 0.995.]

The Shanghai Gold Exchange was trading at 285.00 towards the close today. This translates into $1,282.23. New York closed at a $3.67 premium to Shanghai’s Friday close. London opened at a discount of $11.03 after hearing the results of the French elections. As you can see Shanghai has been remarkably stable over the last few days as the international scene has produced a lot of action. Over the weekend the Chinese government has pressured North Korea to abandon its nuclear programs. This removes the chance of a U.S. China confrontation and war. The consequences of a renewed North-South Korean war would need a major incident to trigger it. Will it happen?

Before London fell gold prices were marked down, not traded down by $13.00. We would expect these prices to recover when real dealing begins. But so far London has not led the way, Will New York?

LBMA price setting:  The LBMA gold price was set today at $1,271.80 from Friday’s $1,281.50. 

The gold price in the euro was set at €1,171.84 after Friday’s €1,198.00.

Ahead of the opening of New York the gold price was trading at $1,270.25 and in the euro at €1,171.10. At the same time, the silver price was trading at $17.80. 

Silver Today –Silver closed at $18.96 Friday after $18.01 at New York’s close Thursday.

Gold _{(very short-term)} The gold price should consolidate, in New York today.      

Silver _{(very short-term)} The silver price should consolidate, in New York today. 

Price Drivers

The dollar index is weaker primarily against the euro, on the Macron victory in France.  Technically gold is sitting on support, while still consolidating. [For our forecasts, subscribe through www.GoldForecaster.com ]

Jack Mar on Artificial intelligence

Jack Mar of Alibaba, has been the first high profile person to state an obvious, that has been going on for decades now and is capable of producing major social shocks in the future. We have reported that this could cost the world 50% of jobs. No nation will escape this trend. In history [France, Russia] the impoverishment of the people was responsible for revolutions. Certainly the world is unprepared for such events.  Gold will benefit from the coming disruptions.

Trump Tax reform

President Trump has announced that on Wednesday the principles of his Tax Reformation will be unveiled. This is needed to bolster his political momentum, which has faltered since his failure to repeal Obamacare. The reformation will only be implemented in a few months, though.

France

The Macron victory with Marine le Pen in the run-off in two weeks time is being read as Macron will be President. The parties that were defeated told their supporters to support Macron. This takes France leaving the Eurozone and the euro off the table. But amazingly Macron does not have a political party behind him. So his effectiveness is by no means certain.

Marine Le Pen is for leaving the E.U. and the euro. If we are right and this is the fundamental issue, Macron will be President, which is why the euro is strong and a great deal of fear of the breakup of the E.U. is off the table. It does not make the E.U. strong, but it does keep the status quo. The E.U. continues to remain weak in its structure. Italy, for instance is more than capable of leaving the E.U. with its current problems.

Gold ETFs – Friday saw purchases of 4.44 tonnes into the SPDR gold ETF but no change in the Gold Trust. Their holdings are now at 858.69 tonnes and at 204.36 tonnes respectively.

Since January 4^th 2016, 261.696 tonnes of gold have been added to the SPDR gold ETF and to the Gold Trust.  Since January 6^th 2017 51.64 tonnes have been added to the SPDR gold ETF and the Gold Trust.

Regards,

Julian D.W. Phillips 

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