Take Profits In Newcrest Mining

On August 8th, Spot Gold posted a low during the New York session of $1254.00.

Overnight, the yellow metal posted a 10-month high of $1341.00, a 7% gain in less than a month.

Over the same period of time, Newcrest mining has rallied from $20.25 to post a high of $23.70 early in yesterday’s session. This move represents a bit less than a 17% gain.

Even though the heighten geopolitical tensions which have supported the Gold price are still very much a part of the market, technical momentum indicators are signalling that investors can expect a short-term correction lower.

We believe the medium-term price trajectory in Gold will remain intact after the overbought conditions are alleviated.

As such, we suggest taking profits today in NCM, along with the smaller Gold miners: EVN, SAR, NST and OGC.

Newcrest

Gold Tops $1300 Intra-day

Gold prices touched their highest intra-day level of the year on Friday, temporarily topping $1,300 an ounce before pulling back to settle unchanged on the day.

Gold had traded up to $1,303 for the first time in 2017, getting a lift from safe-haven demand on the back of weakness in global equities, a terrorist attack in Barcelona and concerns about President Trump’s pro-business political agenda.

Despite the late pull back into the weekend, the technical picture in Gold looks constructive. On a “measured move” basis, the break above $1300 points to the November highs near $1340.00 as the next area of resistance.

We still prefer the long side of NCM, along with smaller-cap miners EVN, SAR and NST.

Our medium-term price target for NCM is $23.10 and $2.80 for EVN.

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