Gold price has fallen almost a percentage point lower on the back of improving risk sentiment.
Positive gains in Asia, strong US earnings and robust European GDP data have all helped boost sentiment.
Gold price may be unfolding a Measured Move price pattern lower on the charts.
The Gold price (XAU/USD) trades lower by one percent on Tuesday, in the $2,310s at the time of writing, as a positive market mood dents safe-haven demand for the precious metal.
Markets in Asia-Pacific closed on the whole in positive territory, with the Nikkie posting a 1.24% gain, Australia’s ASX200 up 0.35% and the Hang Seng rising 0.1% at the close.
Although stock markets on mainland China edged lower to close in negative territory, this may have been on the back of traders booking profits ahead of the May 1 holiday after a run of up days. Indeed data out of China was on the whole positive, showing that the Caixin Chinese Manufacturing PMI hit a 14-month high in April, whilst in Europe, French and Spanish GDP growth beat estimates in the first quarter.
