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Gold retreated below $4,250 per ounce after a simultaneous surge in the U.S. dollar absorbed the safe-haven flows that might otherwise have held the metal's rally.
The move ended a brief push toward resistance and put the next support zone, clustered between $4,180 and $4,200, squarely in play ahead of a Consumer Price Index release that could reprice Federal Reserve rate expectations in either direction.
Dollar and Gold Split the Risk-Off Trade Heightened diplomatic friction between Washington and Tehran — including reports of military posturing in the Persian Gulf — initially lifted gold's appeal as a geopolitical hedge.
But the same risk-off impulse drove demand for the U.S. dollar, and greenback strength capped the rally.
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