Gold prices were little changed on Monday, after having hit a more than one-and-a- half-month low earlier in the session, on rising Middle East tensions and inflation concerns. Spot gold edged up marginally to $4,543.66 an ounce while U.S. gold futures slipped 0.3 percent to $4,547.97.Brent crude futures traded above $110 a barrel, building on last week's rally as the continued near-shutdown of th...
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Market Analysis
May 15, 2026 15:25 ET Apart from the confirmation of Kevin Warsh as the next Fed chair, the main news on the economics front this week included key price data from the U.S. and the first quarter economic growth figures from major economies. Both consumer prices and producer costs have started to reflect the effect of supply shocks due to the Middle East conflict. In Europe, GDP data was in focus, while inflation data from China dominated the news flow in Asia.