Gold Prices Slip As Dollar Climb After Treasury Yield Drops Below 3% Level

Investing.com – Gold prices fell on Monday as the dollar climbed after U.S. 10-year treasury yield pulled back to below the 3% level.

for June delivery on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange was down $1.20, or 0.1%, to $1,322.4 a troy ounce by 12:30AM ET (04:30 GMT).
Meanwhile, The dollar opened the week steady well above the 91 mark, but slipped from Friday’s high as The US 10-year yield fell 3 basis points on Friday to 2.957%, pulling back from a four-year high of 3.035% it hit on Wednesday.

The that tracks the greenback against a basket of six major currencies last stood at 91.36, up 0.05% at 10:36PM ET (02:36 GMT). It slipped from Friday’s high of 91.71, the strongest level since January 11.

Dollar-denominated assets such as gold are sensitive to moves in the dollar – a gain in the dollar makes gold more expensive for holders of foreign currency and thus decreases demand for the precious metal.

Geopolitical developments were also in focus as South Korean President Moon Jae-in’s spokesmen said on Sunday that North Korea would shut down its main nuclear test site in May.
The news came after North Korean leader Kim Jong-un pledged “complete denuclearization” at a meeting with Moon on Friday.

In other precious metal trade, edged 0.05% higher to $16.415 a troy ounce, and slipped 0.64% to $910.9 an ounce.

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