Gold had a solid day yesterday, closing the Comex pit session above important resistance at $1,650 per ounce. Silver for March delivery also finished above $30 per ounce. At the currency markets the US dollar weakened slightly, with the Dollar Index losing 0.36% to close at 81.18. This helped solidify recent gains in crude oil prices, with WTI crude now back above $101 a barrel.
With negotiations still on-going between the Greek government and its private creditors and the situation in Hungary looking increasingly fraught, the World Bank has warned that developing nations should prepare for a slump in economic activity comparable to the 2008/09 downturn. Though the Bank’s chief economist Justin Lin stated that Europe’s sovereign debt crisis was “contained”, he stated that “the risk of a global freezing-up of the markets and as well as a global crisis similar to what happened in September 2008 are real.” The ratings agency Fitch has now stated that it expects a default from Greece in March. Read more on www.goldsilverwebsites.com
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