Gold is steady on Monday, after posting strong gains of 1.6% on Friday. In Monday’s European session, the spot price stands at $1191.38 per ounce. There are no US releases on Monday, but we’ll get a look at CB Consumer Confidence, a key event, on Tuesday. The markets are expecting a sharp improvement in the December release, with an estimate of 94.6 points.
With no economic releases on Monday, today’s lead event is the political deadlock in Greece. Earlier on Monday, Greece lawmakers failed to elect a new president for a third time, so a general election has now been scheduled for January 25. Greece agreed to a EUR 240 billion program with the EU, ECB and IMF, but the austerity measures the country was forced to implement have proven deeply unpopular, and one major party has promised to rescind the agreement. The political uncertainty in this latest Greek saga will likely provide some twists and turns and could affect the price of gold.
