Precise Investors Editorial Team
Spot gold was up 0.3% at $3,378.18 per ounce, while U.S. gold futures gained 0.4% to $3,445.60
Gold rose on Thursday, supported by renewed safe-haven demand after U.S. President Donald Trump imposed an additional 25% tariff on Indian imports, escalating trade frictions.
Spot gold was up 0.3% at $3,378.18 per ounce as of 0452 GMT. U.S. gold futures gained 0.4% to $3,445.60.
Trump has been dishing up fresh tariff threats, which is keeping gold in the frame as a defensive play for investors, Tim Waterer, chief market analyst at KCM Trade said.
Gold is moving towards the doorstep of the psychological $3400, with risk-assets being kept off-balance somewhat by the constant tariff proclamations by the U.S. president, he said.
Trump on Wednesday imposed an additional 25% tariff on imports of Indian goods, citing New Delhi’s continued buying of Russian oil, deepening a trade rift between the two nations after talks reached a deadlock.
The new import tax, effective 21 days after August 7, will raise duties on some Indian exports to as high as 50% – among the highest levied on any U.S. trading partner.
Trump also said the United States will impose a tariff of about 100% on imports of semiconductors but offered up a big exemption – it will not apply to companies that are manufacturing in the U.S. or have committed to do so.
Traders are now pricing in a 95% chance of a 25 basis point rate cut next month, according to the CME Group’s FedWatch Tool.
The Federal Reserve may need to cut rates in the near-term in response to a slowing U.S. economy, Minneapolis Fed President Neel Kashkari said.
Gold, traditionally considered a safe-haven asset during political and economic uncertainties, tends to thrive in a low-interest-rate environment.
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