Much more volatile session on the FOREX than the previous ones with a Dollar which weakens significantly against all currencies and by -0.7% towards 1.1260/E, which symmetrically benefits gold which climbs by +0.8 % towards $1,760, and which raises the resistance of $1,756 which opposes a new major bullish episode for 10 weeks.

The Dollar is also losing ground (-0.5%) against the Swiss Franc and the Canadian Dollar (at 0.9475 and 1.353 respectively).
It fell -0.85% against the Pound Sterling (1.2460) and only held up against the Yen (-0.1% to 106.9).
The most spectacular fall occurs against the Australian and New Zealand Dollar with -1.25%.

The US figures of the day seem to have had little impact: the Chicago FED index is recovering from -17.9 to +2.6 (better than the -4 expected)

Disappointment on the other hand with the monthly barometer of the NAR (National Association of Realtors) which fell by -9.7% to 3.91 million sales of old homes in annualized number last month.

Economists expected a less marked drop in this indicator, around -3%. Over one year, the fall is -26.6%, the largest since 1982.
No less than 4.3 million home loans are in arrears and 8% of mortgage loans are potentially in default.

The decline in the Dollar symmetrically benefits gold, which climbs by +0.8% towards $1,760, very close to a 3-month resistance (1,755/$1,756) and 1,775 intraday on April 14 and May 18)