The precious metal continues losing value for a fourth consecutive day on Tuesday.
Despite having tested the immediate support, the USD/JPY still managed to edge higher yesterday, somewhat strengthened by the improvement in the NAHB Housing Market Index.
A correction took place on Monday, pushing the GBP/USD slightly higher.
Even though daily technical indicators are pointing strongly to the north for now, the price of the Euro against the US currency is unlikely to move noticeably higher in the short term.
The New Zealand Dollar almost erased last Thursday's losses on Friday, but the immediate support kept the NZD/USD at bay.
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The Australian Dollar declined against its US counterpart, but remained above the monthly R1.
On Friday the EUR/JPY cross reached the 136.00 major level, but was then pushed back by the weekly PP and 55-day SMA resistance cluster, causing the pair to close at 135.53.
XAU/USD held above the crucial technical level on Friday, namely the 200-day SMA at 1,175.
As was anticipated, improvements in the US fundamentals on Friday caused the USD/JPY to overperform and breach the 119.20 resistance.
The British currency was unable to pierce the resistance cluster at 1.5485, ultimately suffering a 34-pip decline.
Bears continued to dominate the EUR/USD currency pair on Friday.
The New Zealand climbed higher against its US counterpart, prolonging its bullish trend.
As anticipated, the 1.29 level failed to hold the losses on Thursday, causing the USD/CAD to plunge to the second support cluster.
Mixed US fundamentals limited the Aussie's gains yesterday, causing the pair to retreat from erasing Tuesday's losses.
The European currency decline to the 134.80 point on Thursday, due to ECB's Governing Council member's remarks.
It is a critical moment for gold, as the precious metal is fighting to stay above the 200-day SMA in order to confirm a strong bullish signal and establish a new support area near 1,176.
The ten-month support at 118.50 was tested yesterday, forcing the USD/JPY to recover from harsh downside volatility.
The Cable experienced minor volatility on Thursday, ultimately suffering a slight decline on mixed US economic data.
EUR/USD came under heavy fire once it approached the 1.15 level.
The single currency appreciated against the Japanese Yen, erasing Tuesday's loss.
After Tuesday's losses the NZD/USD currency pair doubled back, taking advantage of the weak US fundamental data.
The Canadian Dollar took the upper hand, causing its American counterpart to drop to the support cluster around 1.29 yesterday.
The Aussie behaved in accordance with expectations, rebounding after Tuesday's decline and stabilising at the 0.73 major level.