Gold Futures: Recovery has further legs to go

Open interest in gold futures markets rose for the fifth consecutive session on Friday, this time by around 16.2K contracts considering flash data from CME Group. Volume followed suit and went up for the second straight session, now by nearly 5K contracts.

Gold now targets $1,877

Friday’s strong upside in the precious metal was amidst rising open interest and volume, leaving the door open to the continuation of the uptrend in the very near term and with the immediate target at the November 2021 high at $1,877 per ounce troy.