{"id":117422,"date":"2026-07-07T12:31:42","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T07:31:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=117422"},"modified":"2026-07-07T19:29:02","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T14:29:02","slug":"gold-prices-drop-slightly-in-global-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/business\/gold-rates\/gold-prices-drop-slightly-in-global-market\/","title":{"rendered":"Gold prices drop slightly in global market"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/gold-prices-continue-to-fall\/\">Gold prices<\/a> dropped slightly here on Tuesday as investors awaited the release of minutes from the US Federal Reserve&#8217;s June meeting, which are expected to provide key clues on future interest rates.<\/p>\n<p>Spot gold fell 0.6 percent to $4,138.32 an ounce, while US gold futures for August delivery fell 0.4 percent to $4,149.90 an ounce.<\/p>\n<h2>Gold prices under pressure<\/h2>\n<p>According to market analysts, <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/business\/gold-prices-fall-by-rs2400-per-tola-in-pakistan\/\">gold prices<\/a> are currently under pressure due to uncertainty over the Fed&#8217;s upcoming policy, with investors keen to know whether the US central bank will raise interest rates in the coming months or maintain its current policy.<\/p>\n<p>Expectations for an interest rate hike have eased somewhat after weak US employment data last week, but the market still sees a 56 percent chance of a rate hike in September.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, Hong Kong has also resumed gold futures trading, introducing a new gold clearing system, which aims to strengthen its position as a major trading center for precious metals in Asia.<\/p>\n<p>Experts say that gold prices may see significant fluctuations after the Fed minutes are released, as investors await clear signals regarding upcoming monetary policy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: Gold prices dropped slightly here on Tuesday as investors awaited the release of minutes from the US Federal Reserve&#8217;s June meeting, which are expected to provide key clues on future interest rates. Spot gold fell 0.6 percent to $4,138.32 an ounce, while US gold futures for August delivery fell 0.4 percent to $4,149.90 an [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":69789,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,14814],"tags":[136],"class_list":["post-117422","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","category-gold-rates","tag-gold-prices"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117422","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=117422"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117422\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":117496,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117422\/revisions\/117496"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/69789"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=117422"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=117422"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=117422"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}