Metals & Macro Liquidity

Gold futures ended slightly higher but gave up gains after-hours as the Federal Reserve held interest rates steady while signaling a potential rate hike later this year, lifting the U.S. dollar higher.

On June 17 (New York close), spot gold fell 1.64% to $4,258.59 per ounce after the Federal Reserve's rate decision and Summary of Economic Projections (SEP) announcement. Following the SEP release, prices plunged to near $4,280, then rose to breakeven after Fed Chair Powell's press conference

Gate News: According to the latest Gate TradFi data, XPTUSD (Platinum) has dropped by 4% in a short period. Current volatility is significantly higher than recent averages, indicating increased market activity.

On June 17, U.S. Real Estate ETF fell 2.50%, with Gold ETF declining 2.27%, leading declines across major asset classes. The S&P 500 ETF dropped 1.25%, while the Nasdaq-100 ETF slid 1.01%. In contrasting performance, the Volatility Index bull ETF surged 4.30%, and the U.S. Dollar Index long ETF

Gold fell 2.0% intraday to $4,264.1 per ounce, while spot silver declined 2.5% to $68.25 per ounce on June 17.

According to the Shanghai Gold Exchange, gold T+D futures fell 0.82% to 933.0 yuan per gram, while silver T+D futures declined 1.28% to 16,567 yuan per kilogram in evening trading on June 17.

Shanghai Futures Exchange crude oil 2608 contract closed up 0.80% overnight at 517 yuan per barrel. Gold futures fell 0.84% and silver futures declined 1.36% during the session.

According to ChainCatcher, using data from Gate, spot gold fell over $40 and the US Dollar Index (DXY) surged 35 points following the Federal Reserve's interest rate decision on June 17.

Following the Federal Reserve's policy statement released on June 17, U.S. equities declined sharply: the S&P 500 fell more than 0.3% and the Nasdaq dropped over 0.2%. The U.S. Dollar Index surged 0.3327 points to 99.9866 within five minutes. Spot gold prices fell 28.59

According to Jin10, gold prices rose slightly on Wednesday, June 17, as investors awaited the U.S. Federal Reserve's first policy decision under new Chair Kevin Walsh, while also monitoring details of a potential U.S.-Iran peace agreement. Tai Wong, an independent metals trader, noted that gold

Tokenized real-world assets crossed $43.1 billion in market value, climbing 36.9% over the past 180 days as banks, asset managers, and market infrastructure firms move issuance, custody, and settlement onto public blockchains, according to Token Terminal. The growth is driven by institutional

Spot silver rose over 1% intraday to $70.72 per ounce, while spot gold climbed to $4,360 per ounce, up 0.67% on the day.

Spot gold broke through $4,350 per ounce on June 17, rising 0.46% during the day.

According to PANews citing Cailian Press, on June 17, Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission Chief Executive Leung Fung-yee stated at the 2026 Lujiazui Forum that the regulator will support the Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX) in launching additional RMB foreign exchange

According to Rick Kanda of The Gold Bullion Company, gold prices may still rebound to around $5,000 per ounce this year, though the $6,000 per ounce target proposed during last year's rally is now unlikely to be achieved. Kanda stated: "I think the $6,000 per ounce prediction may be out of reach.

According to Hong Kong Financial Secretary Xu Zhengyu, on June 17 evening at the Lujiazui Forum, Shanghai-Hong Kong financial cooperation is characterized by three key qualities: comprehensiveness, long-term orientation, and coordinated engagement. As an international financial center, Hong Kong

According to Shanghai Gold Exchange, on the evening of June 17, gold T+D fell 0.15% to 939.8 yuan per gram, while silver T+D dropped 0.54% to 16,690 yuan per kilogram.

Integral and StoneX have expanded their partnership through a new deployment at Equinix's SG1 facility in Singapore, enabling StoneX to access liquidity hosted locally across foreign exchange and precious metals markets. The expansion reduces cross-region latency and improves execution performance f

According to Jin10 Futures, platinum futures closed at 441.50 yuan/gram, up 1.32%, on June 17. The June interest rate decision is set to be announced soon, with markets adopting a cautious stance.

According to Jin10, Zimbabwe approved construction of a second gold refinery on June 17, to be located in Bulawayo and expected to begin operations next year. The new facility will purchase and process gold as domestic output continues to rise. Government officials stated that the country's