Gold & Silver Prices – Daily Outlook April 25th 2012

Gold and silver prices didn’t do much yesterday but this may change today. The statement of the recent FOMC meeting will be released. Furthermore, the FOMC projection on the U.S economy will also be published. The release of these reports will be followed with a press conference. These events may have a substantial effect on the bullion market as was the case in the previous FOMC meeting. Let’s examine the situation and determine how the FOMC may affect the precious metals market during today’s trading.
Currently gold price is slightly decreasing. Additional items on today’s agenda include: U.K GDP for Q1 2012, U.S core durable goods report, ECB President Draghi speaks.
Here is a short analysis and projection of gold and silver prices for Wednesday, April 25th:
Gold and Silver– April Update
Gold price bounced back on Tuesday by 0.69% to $1,643.8; silver much like gold increased by 0.71% to $30.82. During April, gold decreased by 1.68% and silver by 5.14%.
The chart below presents the developments of both metals during recent weeks (gold and silver are normalized to 100 as of March 30^th).
The ratio between gold and silver nearly didn’t change at 53.34. During April the ratio increased by 3.64% as gold has outperformed silver during the month mainly yesterday. In the chart below are the changes in this ratio during April (up to date).
On Today’s Agenda
Statement of recent FOMC meeting: I think the FOMC won’t decide on another stimulus plan, especially since the U.S’s economic progress is still moving up (e.g. the U.S labor market and U.S GDP are still growing); the FOMC statement may affect the strength of US dollar and more than that it will affect gold and silver prices;
FOMC Economic Projection: this report is updated every quarter and includes the FOMC’s projection on U.S economic growth and inflation in 2012 and 2013. This projection could affect the US dollar;
ECB President Draghi Speaks: Following the April ECB rate decision in which the rate wasn’t changed at 1% President Draghi will speak and may refer to ECB’s plan to calm the markets including implementing LTRO 3 or resuming the SMP. His speech may influence the direction of the Euro/USD;
U.S Core Durable Goods: According to a estimate for February 2012, new orders of manufactured durable goods rose by $4.5 billion; if this report will continue to be positive then it may strengthen the US dollar; this report might slightly affect gold oil and silver prices (the FOMC statement will probably overshadow this report);
Forex / Gold & Silver Market – April
The Euro/U.S Dollar also rallied on Tuesday by 0.31% to 1.3197. During April Euro/U.S Dollar decreased by 1.1%; furthermore, the “risk currencies” which tend to be correlated with precious metals prices including the Canadian dollar also appreciated against the U.S. dollar by 0.42%. The recent disappointing U.S consumer confidence report and U.S home sales may have had something to do with the depreciation of the U.S dollar during yesterday. If the U.S dollar will change direction and appreciate against these exchange rates especially if the FOMC won’t come up with another QE program, this may signal gold and silver will tumble.
Current Gold and Silver Prices as of April 25th
Gold (May 2012 delivery) is traded at $1,642.6 per t oz. a $1.2 or 0.07% decrease as of 00:00*.
Silver (May 2012 delivery) is at $31.1 per t oz – a $0.035 or 0.11% increase as of 23:56*.
(* GMT)


source : http://www.tradingnrg.com/gold-price-outlook-silver-price-wednesday-april-25th-2012/