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The dollar held a three-day gain against the euro before U.S. data forecast to show jobless claims decreased and manufacturing expanded.

The greenback was still poised for monthly declines against most major peers as concern the partial government shutdown will affect the economy underpins the Federal Reserve’s decision to keep buying $85 billion of bonds a month. The yen held near a two-week low ahead of a Bank of Japan meeting today at which policy makers are expected to maintain record stimulus. New Zealand’s dollar fell after the central bank signaled that currency strength may provide scope to delay interest-rate increases.

The dollar was little changed at $1.3732 per euro as of 10:28 a.m. in Tokyo from yesterday, after having strengthened 0.5 percent in the previous three sessions. It was at 98.39 yen from 98.51 yesterday, when it reached 98.68, the highest since Oct. 17. For the month, the greenback was set for a 1.5 percent drop against the 17-nation euro and a 0.1 percent advance versus the yen.

Japan’s currency added 0.2 percent to 135.11 per euro from yesterday. New Zealand’s kiwi dollar fell 0.1 percent to 82.54 U.S. cents from yesterday, when it touched 81.93, the weakest level since Sept. 17.

The Bloomberg U.S. Dollar Index, which monitors the greenback against 10 major counterparts, was at 1,006.78 from 1,007.37 yesterday, the highest close since Oct. 16.

 Gold held losses before U.S. Federal Reserve policy makers conclude a meeting today as investors weighed the prospects for a reduction in stimulus, a step that the world’s largest money manager said is now imperative.

Bullion for immediate delivery traded at $1,343.58 an ounce at 8:58 a.m. in Singapore from $1,345.05 yesterday, when the price lost 0.6 percent as the dollar strengthened. Holdings in the SPDR Gold Trust, the biggest gold-backed exchange-traded product, were unchanged for a second day at 872.02 metric tons.

Gold rebounded this month on speculation the Fed won’t slow asset purchases until next year after a government shutdown hurt the economy. Policy makers last month unexpectedly refrained from reducing stimulus. BlackRock Inc. Chief Executive Officer Laurence D. Fink said yesterday it’s imperative that tapering begins as the policy is contributing to “bubble-like markets.”

Gold declined 20 percent in 2013, heading for the first annual loss since 2000. The U.S. central bank will pare the $85 billion in monthly bond buying at its March meeting, according to a Bloomberg survey of analysts on Oct. 17-18.

Gold for delivery in December fell as much as 0.3 percent to $1,342 an ounce, dropping for a third day, and traded at $1,342.40 on the Comex. Trading volume was 79 percent below the average for the past 100 days for this time of day.

Spot silver fell 0.2 percent to $22.4785 an ounce, trimming a monthly gain. Platinum declined 0.2 percent to $1,458.80 an ounce, also paring a monthly advance. Palladium dropped 0.3 percent to $744.20 an ounce.

(Source: Bloomberg)

At the end of the trading price of gold early this morning observed a significant decline . This precious metal commodity prices finally closed negative after failing to re- achieve the highest level in 5 weeks . Dollar rally that happened last night resulted in the erosion of demand for the precious metal .

The exchange rate of the dollar against its main rivals have increased and reached the highest position in the first week of the commencement of the meeting along with officials of the Fed . Meanwhile the prices of wholesale goods unexpectedly fell in September . This caused a decline in interest in gold as a means of hedging against inflation . While the price of crude oil is also a factor that eroded resulting terpukulnya gold prices .

The Fed last night negotiating session to start mementukan future monetary policy . Fed will announce tonight how monetary policy further . Expected results of the negotiations are still going to show that the Fed maintains program scale pemberlian monthly bond worth 85 billion dollars per month .

LLG spot price of gold at the end of trading this morning looked closed at 1344.95 dollars per troy ounce . LLG spot price of gold at the end of trading this morning posted a decline of 7.50 dollars compared to the previous closing .

Comex gold futures for December contract seems to have decreased by 0.5 percent and closed at 1345.50 dollars per troy ounce . Yesterday gold futures prices briefly rose to the position of 1361.80 dollars , the highest since September 20.

Analysts estimate that the spot gold price movements LLG still has the potential to rise even today will be limited . For a while the gold price is expected to move in the range of 1345 - 1360 dollars per troy ounce .

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 Dolar menuju kerugian bulanan terhadap sebagian besar mata uang utama sebelum data AS diperkirakan akan menunjukkan kepercayaan konsumen jatuh ke level terendah dalam 5 bulan dan penjualan retail  terhenti disaat Federal Reserve memulai pertemuan dua harinya pada hari ini .

Greenback diperdagangkan mendekati hampir dua tahun rendah terhadap euro dengan laporan karena hari ini yang mungkin menunjukkan sentimen konsumen yang kuat di Perancis , ekonomi terbesar kedua di Eropa . The Bloomberg Indeks Dollar AS turun untuk bulan kedua di tengah spekulasi bahwa shutdown pemerintah parsial menambah kasus untuk Fed untuk menunda pengurangan stimulus . Dolar Aussie melemah setelah Gubernur Reserve Bank of Australia Glenn Stevens mengatakan mata uang mungkin akan " secara material lebih rendah . "

Dolar sedikit berubah pada $ 1,3783 per euro pada 10:01 di Tokyo dari kemarin , siap untuk penurunan 1,9 persen bulan ini . Hal ini menyentuh $ 1,3832 pada 25 Oktober , terlemah sejak November 2011. Mata uang AS turun 0,2 persen menjadi 97,52 ¥ , ditetapkan untuk penurunan bulanan 0,8 persen .

Euro  melemah 0,2 persen menjadi 134,39 ¥ dari kemarin . Untuk bulan ini , itu naik 1,1 persen terhadap mata uang Jepang . Dolar Australia turun 0,5 persen menjadi 95,23 sen AS , setelah sebelumnya jatuh ke 95,15 , terendah sejak 16 Oktober.

The Bloomberg US Dollar Index , yang melacak greenback terhadap 10 mata uang utama , berada di 1,002.57 1,002.27 dari kemarin. Indeks ini turun 0,9 persen bulan ini .

(Sumber: Blommberg)

West Texas Intermediate swung between gains and losses before U.S. economic data that may signal when the U.S. Federal Reserve will begin scaling back monetary stimulus in the world’s biggest crude consumer.

Futures fluctuated in New York after falling 2.9 percent last week, the most in five weeks. A raft of U.S. government data is due this week, including industrial production figures that are forecast to show output rose in September. Iraq’s crude exports last month dropped to 62.1 million barrels amid maintenance, according to an oil ministry spokesman.

WTI for December delivery was at $97.71 a barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange, down 14 cents at 12:55 p.m. Sydney time. The contract increased 0.8 percent to $97.85 on Oct. 25, trimming its weekly decline. The volume of all futures traded was about 36 percent below the 100-day average.

Brent for December settlement gained 27 cents to $107.20 a barrel on the London-based ICE Futures Europe exchange. The European benchmark crude was at a premium of $9.49 to WTI futures, up from $9.08 on Oct. 25.

(Source: bloomberg)