Gold futures tallied back-to-back session gains on Wednesday, but prices settled below $1,800 an ounce for a third consecutive session as traders await next week’s Federal Reserve decision on interest rates. The technical outlook remains bullish for gold near term, but “if we see rates and the dollar begin to rise, we are likely to see much of the November rally retraced in the weeks ahead,” analysts at Sevens Report Research wrote in Wednesday’s newsletter. Gold for February delivery GCG23 rose $15.60, or 0.9%, to settle at $1,798 an ounce on Comex.
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