Gold Tumbles Most In 6 Weeks As USD Surges

It appears JPY weakness (or generalized USD strength) is mirroring the demise of precious metals (and oil) this morning. Gold’s 1.7% drop is the biggest in 6 weeks and drops the yellow metal to near 3-month lows. Treasury yields are up 5-8bps at the long-end. Troublingly, for the carry bulls, equity futures are not playing along with the JPY weakness.

 

Gold and JPY inseparable…

 

S&P fuitures bumped back up to VWAP but are not following through with JPY carry…

 

Charts: Bloomberg




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