金價創2010年2月以來新低

 週一，黃金期貨暴跌至2010年以來的最低點。而由於十二月的美聯儲加息，美元被看好。 

Insignia Consultants 首席市場分析家Chintan Karnani表示：“投資者關註的是美元和美元利率預期，每出現一個上升勢頭，交易者都會迅速賣出。” 

他說：“如果有做空者見好就收，那麼黃金和白銀有可能出現迅速反彈。但目前來看，沒有人買入黃金期貨和白銀期貨。” 

紐約交易所十二月交割的黃金下降了9.5美元（0.9%），達到每盎司1,066.80美元。上週期貨下跌了0.4%，已連續下降了五個星期，達到了2010年以來的最低點。十二月黃金下跌了6.4美分（0.5%），達到每盎司14.032美元，創2009年8月以來的新低。舊金山美聯儲主席John Williams週六重提十二月的加息計劃，推動了美元的上漲，給以美元計價的大宗商品帶來了極大的壓力，黃金則首當其沖。 

ICE美元指數自三月以來，首次觸及100點的高位。 

與此同時，歐洲央行行長Mario Draghi在上週對歐元區的暗示也對美元/歐元起到了推動作用。 

美元的反彈給所有的金屬產品帶來了壓力。在紐約交易所，12月交割的高級銅下跌了3.4美分（1.7%），達到每磅2.021美元，創六年新低。同時，倫敦金屬交易所的三月期銅合約在週一跌破每噸4500美元，創2009年5月以來新低。

倫敦資本集團首席分析家Brenda Kelly指出：“由於對中國經濟增長放緩和歐元區經濟疲軟的擔憂，又趕上供應過剩大量抛售的時期，銅價自今年以來已經下跌了27%。” 

1月到期的鉑金下跌了8.5美元（1%），達到每盎司847.4美元。而12月交割的钯下跌了17.55美元（3.1%），達到每盎司541.35美元。

Gold posts lowest close since February 2010

Gold futures settled sharply lower on Monday, sending prices for the metal back to their lowest level since early 2010 as the U.S. dollar got a boost from growing expectations that the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates in December. 

The “focus is on the U.S. dollar and U.S. interest-rate expectation,” said Chintan Karnani, chief market analyst at Insignia Consultants, and “investors are trading the momentum and selling on every rise.” 

“There can be sharp rallies in gold and silver if there is profit-taking on short positions,” he said. But for now, virtually “nobody is buying the gold futures or silver futures.”

December gold GCZ5, +0.34%  lost $9.50, or 0.9%, to settle at $1,066.80 an ounce on Comex. Futures, which finished last week with a 0.4% loss to tally their fifth straight weekly decline, settled at their lowest level since February 2010. December silver SIZ5, +0.31%  also lost 6.4 cents, or 0.5%, to $14.032 an ounce, the lowest settlement since August 2009. 

San Francisco Federal Reserve President John Williams on Saturday reiterated the case for raising interest rates in December. That provided a boost to the dollar and strength in the greenback can pressure prices for dollar-denominated commodities such as gold. 

The ICE U.S. dollar index DXY, +0.00%  touched a high at 100 on Monday for the first time since March. 

Meanwhile, hints of more stimulus in the eurozone from European Central Bank President Mario Draghi late last week also played a part in boosting the dollar and other rivals against the euro. 

“[The] commodity rout continues (copper has gapped down), sending metals and oil lower as the U.S. dollar creeps north on expectations of euro-weakening ECB stimulus next week and a U.S. rate rise midmonth,” said Mike van Dulken, head of research at Accendo Markets, in a note Monday. 

The dollar rebound was pressuring other metals across the board. High-grade copper for December delivery HGZ5, +0.22%  fell 3.4 cents, or 1.7%, to $2.021 a pound on Comex, holding at six-year lows. Meanwhile, the London Metal Exchange’s three-month copper contract on Monday fell below the key $4,500 a ton level for the first time since May 2009.

 “[Copper prices] are down 27% so far this year as fears that slowing economic growth in China, weakening growth in the eurozone and oversupply all culminate in a selloff,” said Brenda Kelly, head analyst at London Capital Group, in a note. 

Platinum for delivery in January PLF6, -1.01%  fell $8.50, or 1%, to $847.40 an ounce, while December palladium PAZ5, -1.09%  fell $17.55, or 3.1%, to $541.35 an ounce.

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