Gold News: CPI Test Looms as Gold Hovers Near 50-Day Moving Average

Gold Holds Steady Into CPI As Calm Feels Fragile

Spot gold is nearly flat early Tuesday ahead of the U.S. CPI at 12:30 GMT. This is the sort of calm that tends to break — and with both headline and core prints coming, it doesn’t take a lot of imagination to expect some whipsaw action. After Monday’s hit, price feels like it’s working off some of the excess and content to continue to consolidate until the number.

At 11:49 GMT, XAU/USD is trading $3345.49, up $2.82 or +0.08%.

Monday’s Hit, Futures-Spot Convergence, and What Traders Care About

We pulled back just a touch yesterday… and then some. Bullion slid 1.6% to a more than one‑week low, while Comex futures dropped over 2% after President Trump ruled out tariffs on imported bullion. Futures have since realigned with London spot after that near $40/oz premium on Friday.

That being said, as Nitesh Shah noted, without an official statement that convergence could prove temporary if uncertainty resurfaces. The market wants clarity on inflation and the Fed path; everything else is secondary.

Yields Nudge Up As CPI Looms

U.S. Treasury yields edged higher into the data: 10‑year at 4.285% (+1 bp), 2‑year at 3.772% (+2 bps), 30‑year at 4.856% (+1+ bp). It’s modest, but it tells you positioning is cautious.

Higher yields typically lean against gold, but if CPI is softer, those moves can reverse fast. Economists look for core CPI around 0.3% m/m and 3.0% y/y; a downside miss more likely than not pushes cut odds higher and supports bullion.

Technical Levels Traders Are Leaning On

The tone today should be set by the reaction to the 50‑day moving average at $3349.20. A push through $3349.20 and the pivot at $3353.58 would likely tilt the tape bullish and attract buyers on dips, with ceilings at $3409.43, $3439.04, and $3451.53.

Failure to reclaim the 50‑day and sustained selling opens a plunge toward the longer‑term pivot at $3310.48 — the last meaningful floor before the twin bottoms at $3268.12 and $3244.41. Those are the spots where, no matter how bad the news gets, dip buyers have tended to show up.

Forward Look We’ll Trade It, Not Marry It

CME’s FedWatch still shows roughly an 85% chance of a September cut. If CPI comes in soft, that probably ticks higher and helps gold; a hot read likely props up yields and pressures bullion near term.

I believe the cleaner trade is to look at pullbacks as potential buying opportunities while we’re above $3310.48, with room to probe $3409.43–$3451.53 on a dovish surprise. If $3310.48 goes, then $3268.12 and $3244.41 are the magnets. We’ll see how that plays out.

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