Gold Retreats From Two-Week High as USD Rebounds.

Gold Pulls Back from Two-Week High as US Dollar Rebounds

Gold (XAU/USD) retreated from its intraday peak on Friday after briefly touching a two-week high near $4,200, with renewed strength in the US Dollar limiting further upside momentum. The metal slipped toward the lower end of its European session range as the Greenback staged a modest recovery from a one-and-a-half-week low.

Improving sentiment across global equity markets also weighed on safe-haven demand, prompting traders to take profit following gold’s early surge. Even so, the pullback remains shallow, suggesting that any sustained rebound in the US Dollar could be short-lived.

Expectations for a Federal Reserve rate cut in December continue to cap the dollar’s ability to strengthen meaningfully, offering underlying support to non-yielding assets such as gold. With policy easing still in focus, XAU/USD is on track to finish the week higher.

Market participants may remain cautious in the near term, with many gold bulls likely waiting for a decisive break above $4,200 before adding new long positions. Further direction will hinge on incoming US economic data and shifts in Fed policy expectations.

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