On June 24, 2026 (GMT-5), XAU/USD sustained its downward trajectory and plunged to a fresh three-week trough amid mounting hawkish Federal Reserve rate-hike bets, trading within a daily bandwidth of $4072.30 to $4136.90, opening at $4129.50 and settling around $4085.12 with a daily loss of roughly 1.28%. The U.S. dollar staged another robust rally alongside rebounding Treasury yields, significantly lifting the opportunity cost of holding zero-yield gold bullion. Further de-escalation of Middle East geopolitical tensions fully drained residual safe-haven buying demand, while continuous profit-taking and long-position liquidation from institutional investors amplified bearish pressure across the board. Sparse technical dip-buying only managed to slow the pace of declines moderately and failed to spark any meaningful corrective rebound throughout the trading session.Bearish outlook for the market tomorrow; target level: 3997.62.

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