Gold price rallies over than 1.50% on Thursday after the Federal Reserve (Fed) reduced rates as expected despite Chair Jerome Powell’s hawkish comments at the press conference. Falling US Treasury yields and geopolitics boosted the yellow metal, which trades at $3,995 at the time of writing.
The EUR/GBP pair trades around 0.8800 on Thursday at the time of writing, consolidating near its highest level since May 2023, after the European Central Bank (ECB) decided to leave interest rates unchanged.
Chinese Commerce Ministry has stated during Thursday’s European session after the meeting between leader Xi Jinping and United States (US) President Donald Trump in South Korea that both nations have resolved frictions on fentanyl issues and export controls on rare earths.