The move was caused by the publication of the US PCE inflation data, which the Fed uses for guidance. In addition, the decline of the price of gold was attributed to news that India increased import taxes for gold. Economic Calendar Analysis
On Friday, note the US ISM Manufacturing PMI at 14:00 GMT.
Next week, watch out for the Wednesday's Federal Reserve's FOMC Meeting Minutes at 18:00 GMT.
On Thursday, the ADP Non-farm Employment Change might impact the markets through the value of the US Dollar.
On Friday, the United States are scheduled to release their monthly employment data at 12:30 GMT. Expect the data release to consist of the Average Hourly Earnings, Non-Farm Employment Change and the Unemployment Rate.
XAU/USD short-term forecast
By the middle of Friday's European trading hours, the price for gold had reached the 1,790.00 level. In the near term future, the price could reach the May low level at 1,786.65.
XAU/USD daily charts review
On the daily candle chart, the price has encountered resistance in the form of the 50 and 200-day simple moving averages.Afterwards, support appeared to be found in the lower trend line of a May and June channel up pattern. On Thursday, the support was lost, as the price declined and was aiming at the late 2021 low level zone at 1,753.00/1,760.00.
Daily Candle Chart
Traders are long
On Friday, the sentiment on the Swiss Foreign Exchange was 71% bullish. Namely, 71% of open position volume was in long positions.
Meanwhile, in the 1000-pip range around the metal's price, pending trade orders were 95% to buy the precious metal.
On Thursday, the open positions were 68% long and orders were 56% to buy.