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Favorable India Demand Underpins Prices

GOLD & SILVER

The gold and silver charts remain supportive of the bull case with uptrend channel support lines respected and higher lows more of a rule than exception. The gold market this morning is locked into a tight range because of thin holiday conditions, a lack of movement in the dollar and because of opposing fundamental headline developments overnight. On the negative side of the ledger, Chinese November net gold imports through Hong Kong declined by roughly 10% versus October and reached a 6-month low. On the positive side of the equation, Indian gold jewelry retailers are projected to see revenues jump by as much as 25% this fiscal year reportedly because of rising disposable incomes and pent-up demand from the Covid period.

PALLADIUM & PLATINUM

While palladium continued to exhibit significant volatility yesterday (daily ranges this week have been $85 and $90), a decline in open interest on Tuesday could be a sign that shorts are banking profits ahead of year end. While it will take consistent inflows to platinum ETF instruments to signal a return of investors to platinum, yesterday platinum ETF holdings saw a noted inflow of 14,131 ounces bringing total ETF holdings above 3 million ounces worth $3.06 billion.

COPPER

In addition to a modest breakdown on the charts early today, the copper market is under pressure from a large inflow to LME copper warehouse stocks and from rising demand fears from China because of the potential for economic turmoil from surging Covid cases following the loosening of activity restrictions. Keep in mind, to start the trading week copper forged a spike up move off the unwinding of Chinese activity restrictions and those policies are largely thought to be the cause of the massive spike in daily infection counts. It should be noted that iron ore prices in China continue to surge (six-month highs) off optimism over demand prospects in the world’s largest steel producing country.

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