
Spot gold and December Comex futures rose more than 2% after hitting a one-year low the previous Friday. WTI and Brent fell over 6% as Iran-Qatar talks continued, easing inflation fears and trimming expectations for further Fed rate hikes.
The weaker dollar gave gold additional support.
Lower crude reduces inflation pressure and rate-hike bets, which weakens the dollar and supports non-yielding gold. For feed buyers, the drop in energy costs also lowers diesel and fertilizer input pressure over time.
After 565 past bearish macro events, Crude Oil (WTI) moved a median -1.4% over 5 sessions (41% higher; middle half -5.9% to +3.0%), and -0.5% over 20.
After 312 past bearish macro events, Crude Oil (Brent) moved a median -1.7% over 5 sessions (38% higher; middle half -5.4% to +2.3%), and -1.7% over 20.
After 1,637 past bearish macro events, US Dollar (Broad) moved a median -0.2% over 5 sessions (39% higher; middle half -0.6% to +0.3%), and -0.2% over 20.
Moves of each commodity's benchmark from the last close before the event. Historical reads pool past events of the same kind; they describe what happened, not what will. Not investment advice.