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Gold is trading sideways ahead of next week’s much anticipated Federal Open Market Committee Meeting (FOMC) but the metal managed to rebound after hitting a 4-week low on Wednesday. One technical analyst explained that as long as gold is trading above $1,108-$1,109 -- the metal has the opportunity to see a bounce to the upside.

Gold prices ended the U.S. day session lower Thursday, but the focus for the metal is now squarely on Friday morning’s U.S. jobs report. ‘It is going to be a really important number, especially if we get a number under expectation,’ said Gary Wagner, editor of the goldforecast.com, ahead of Friday’s data.

As gold prices glitter Thursday, the day after the release of the Fed’s July meeting minutes, Gary Wagner tells Kitco News the technicals are faring well. “We’re at a critical point -- roughly the $1,150-1,155 area — and a break and a close above this area, really signals something significant,” he says. “We could actually see this market trade as high as $1,170 before correcting,” he adds.

As gold corrects from gains seen earlier in the week, technical analysts and star of Kitco News’ Chart This Gary Wager says he is enthused about the gold market. “I’m excited about what we’ll see over the next month or so,” he told Kitco News Thursday. As of 10:06 a.m. EDT, December gold was down $7 to $1,116.60 an ounce after it previously closed higher for five business days in a row.

Kitco News - As gold continues its weak trend and tests lows last seen in 2014, one market veteran says the yellow metal may be poised for further losses. 'The real issue has been a return in strength in the dollar,' Gary Wagner, editor of thegoldforecast.com, told Kitco News. He compared gold to a salmon swimming upstream, struggling to maintain gains as the dollar index pressures the metal.