Gold is likely to recover to above $1,300 an ounce next year as a pickup in physical demand counters more potential U.S. rate increases, a Reuters poll at an industry event showed.
The precious metal had lost nearly 9 percent from July’s two-year highs to trade around $1,255 an ounce on Tuesday, hit by expectations the U.S. Federal Reserve would raise interest rates in December for the second time in a year.
Next month’s closely watched U.S. election could spur some safe-haven buying, but any Fed moves will remain key to gold’s fate, according to 11 analysts, bankers, traders and refiners attending the London Bullion Market Association conference in Singapore.
Gold will end the year at $1,275 an ounce, before rebounding to $1,305 in 2017, based on the median estimates in the poll.
“The road is going to be bumpy, but the general trend next year will be upward,” said Joshua Rotbart, managing partner at Hong Kong-based bullion service provider J. Rotbart & Co. He sees the price at around $1,350 in 2017.
Rotbart said he was initially predicting gold to spike similar to its June rally after Britain’s shock vote to leave the European Union, with U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump gaining ground over Democratic rival Hillary Clinton ahead of the Nov. 8 election.
via Kitco
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