Written Commentary
GOLD / SILVER
While gold has not tracked in sync with crypto currencies news overnight that China is cracking down on crypto mining activity that has pressured bitcoin overnight. Apparently, the markets are concerned that China will squash crypto currency acceptance in China but limiting mining might also tighten supply of crypto currencies. While there are conflicting reports as to whether Evergrande has made its interest payment, missing the debt payment certainly provides a measure of flight to quality buying interest in gold today.
PLATINUM / PALLADIUM
Both PGM markets saw spillover selling from gold yesterday, and we expect that will continue sometime next week, as gold looks to provide minimal support today because of the Evergrande situation. Fortunately for the bull camp, the recovery-bounce this week was forged on slight uptick in trading volume and only a minor decline in open interest, and therefore the rally might not have been driven completely by short covering.
COPPER
With the copper market forging a significant low to high rally this week of $0.27, significant uncertainty toward the world’s largest consumer of copper (China), disappointing US jobs news yesterday, and a partial risk off global vibe this morning the path of least resistance is pointing down in copper to start today.
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