U.S. dollar weakness provided a robust tailwind today, moving gold to higher pricing. After four days of higher value, the U.S. dollar came under pressure, trading off by half of a percent to settle at 95.58 (-0.49 points).

After sinking to a three and a half month low, gold prices are attempting to stage a recovery. On Monday of this week, gold experienced a price drop of approximately 1.9%, which is the largest single daily drawdown for 2017.

Although gold has come under pressure both this week and this month, its price increase for the first half of 2017 is respectable.