GOLD – extended recovery may pause for consolidation before resuming above daily cloud

Gold resumes advance on Friday after bulls paused previous day and hit new seven- high ($4371), on track for the biggest weekly gain since the third week of January.

Disappointing US July labor data on Friday contributed to fading expectations for Fed rate hike in September that further boosted demand for the yellow metal, although, markets await release of US inflation report for July (due next week) to get more details about the monetary policy near-term outlook.

Fresh gains broke through important barrier at $4304 (Fibo 38.2% of $4889/$3942 descend) with weekly close above this level to confirm bullish signal and further strengthen near-term structure.

Bulls cracked next barrier at $4358 (daily Ichimoku cloud top) although may take a breather here, due to stretched daily studies and partial profit-taking at the end of the week, before resuming towards targets at target at $4390 (100DMA); $4400 (round-figure) and $4416 (50% retracement).

Dips should be limited and ideally contained by broken Fibo 38.2% barrier, to keep bulls intact.

Res: 4358; 4371; 4390; 4416
Sup: 4304; 4230; 4204; 4175