May 8, 2025

Gold Price Rebounds 2% as Dollar Falls Amid US-China Tensions

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GOLD PRICES surged as much as 2.0% on Monday as the US Dollar sank towards this spring's 3-year lows amid fast-worsening tensions over the Trump White House's trade policies plus new military tensions in US-China and Europe-Russia geopolitics, writes Atsuko Whitehouse at BullionVault.

Falling 0.7% in May to record gold's first monthly loss of 2025, the spot bullion price today jumped to hit $3360 per Troy ounce around Monday lunchtime in London.

 

"Hegseth deliberately ignored the call for peace and development by countries in the region, and instead touted the Cold War mentality for bloc confrontation," replied a spokesperson for China's foreign ministry.

Trump meantime doubled tariffs on all steel and aluminum imports into the USA to 50%, effective Wednesday, and prompting talk of "countermeasures" from trading partners including China and the European Union.

 

But while the Dollar fell on Monday, gold priced in Euros and UK Pounds also climbed sharply, rallying by 1.1% towards 1-week highs above €2930 and £2474 per Troy ounce respectively.

 

Western government bond prices also fell, pushing up 10-year US Treasury yields – a benchmark rate for government as well as many financial and commercial borrowing costs – by 3 basis points from Friday's 2-week low of 4.36% per annum.

 

The price of silver – primarily an industrial metal – rose to $33.28 per Troy ounce, only 0.9% higher against the falling Dollar than last weekend's level.

That relative weakness pushed the Gold:Silver Ratio back above 100 for the first time in 4 sessions.

 

Platinum – which sees two-thirds of its demand from industrial uses, led by auto-catalysts – fell 1.1% to $1046 per ounce, pushing its discount to gold near a one-month high of $2300 after the price of platinum hit 2-year highs.

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