Gold Price Forecast: XAU/USD attracts some sellers below $2,700, eyes on Trump's inauguration

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  • Gold price declines to around $2,695 in Monday’s early Asian session. 


  • The firmer Greenback undermines the USD-denominated Gold price. 


  • The uncertainty and elevated geopolitical tensions could boost the Gold price, a traditional safe-haven asset. 


Gold price (XAU/USD) extends its decline to near $2,695 during the early Asian session on Monday. The stronger US Dollar (USD) broadly ahead of President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration exerts some selling pressure on the yellow metal. 



Analysts expect the gold price to face volatility before Trump takes office. Traders will closely watch the developments surrounding potential trade policies. Any of Trump's aggressive comments about using trade tariffs to support the US manufacturing sector could lift the Greenback and weigh on the USD-denominated commodity price. 



However, the softer-than-expected US inflation data last week could support the precious metal as it might trigger the speculation of more than a single rate cut from the US Federal Reserve (Fed). Traders await Trump's inauguration on Monday for fresh catalysts about executive orders that he plans to issue after he is sworn into office. "The uncertainty in regard to the policies that President Trump is going to put in place has been one of the supportive factors for gold," said David Meger, director of metals trading at High Ridge Futures.



Additionally, the persistent geopolitical tensions in the Middle East and the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflicts could boost the safe-haven flows, benefiting the Gold price. The Guardian reported that the Russian military took control of two more settlements in eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk region on Saturday, the latest in a series of gains it has reported in its steady advance westward.

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