Gold price today: Rates move slightly up after an uptick in US inflation; what should be your strategy for MCX Gold?

Gold prices were slightly higher in the morning session of trade in the domestic futures market on Wednesday, March 13, amid weak global cues as an uptick in the US inflation prints raised doubts that the Fed may delay rate cuts.

"Gold prices were flat on Wednesday, after falling the most in a month in the previous session, as sticky US inflation raised concerns an interest rate cut by the Federal Reserve may be delayed beyond June," reported Reuters.

Gold saw profit booking in the international market in the previous session as the US inflation report came slightly above market forecasts. 

The US Consumer Price Index (CPI) for February registered a 3.2 per cent annual increase. This was slightly over the market expectations of 3.1 per cent.

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The rise in inflation prints boosted the dollar index and triggered profit-taking in gold.

Apprehensions are rising that the US Fed may delay rate cuts beyond June considering inflation is not easing.

Experts believe the anticipation of a late rate cut could weigh on gold prices even though the yellow metal may be supported by geopolitical tensions and uncertainty on the macroeconomic front.

Meanwhile, MCX Gold traded for April 5 delivery traded 0.11 per cent higher at ₹65,550 per 10 grams around 10:50 am.

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What should be your strategy for MCX Gold today?

Experts expect gold and silver prices to see some volatility today amid fluctuations in the dollar index and potential further profit-taking.

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According to Rahul Kalantri, VP of commodities at Mehta Equities, gold may find support at $2,142-2,128 with resistance at $2,174-2,188 in international markets while silver is expected to have support at $24-23.80 and resistance at $24.34-24.50.

In the domestic market, Kalantri believes gold may take support at ₹65,180-64,940 and resistance at ₹65,610-65,820. Silver is expected to find support at ₹73,340-72,880 and resistance at ₹74,340-74,880, said Kalantri.

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Manoj Kumar Jain of Prithvifinmart Commodity Research expects gold and silver prices to remain volatile in today’s session amid volatility in the dollar index. However, gold and silver could hold their key support levels of $2,122 and $23.66 per troy ounce respectively on a weekly closing basis.

As per Jain, gold has support at $2,154-2,142 and resistance at $2,178-2,192 per troy ounce. Silver has support at $24.20-23.88, while resistance is at $24.64-24.90 per troy ounce in today’s session.

On the MCX, gold has support at ₹65,300-65,050 and resistance at ₹65,650-65,880 while silver has support at ₹73,400-72,950 and resistance at ₹74,250-74,700, said Jain.

Jain suggests selling gold on the rise around ₹65,650 with a stop loss of ₹65,900 for the target of ₹65,200.

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