Gold steadied near a three-month high on Tuesday, as investors pushed back expectations of a Federal Reserve interest rate hike to next year and on a weaker dollar. The U.S. central bank refrained from hiking rates at its last meeting in September. It holds two more policy meets in 2015: on Oct. 27-28, and then in December. The Fed should hold off on any rate hike until it is clear that a global slowdown, trouble in China and other international risks will not push the U.S. recovery off course, Fed Governor Lael Brainard said on Monday in one of the strongest defenses yet of a go-slow approach to rate policy.

LME copper opened at USD 5,298/mt overnight and then fell back from high responding to crude oil prices, to end at USD 5,301/mt, edging up USD 1/mt. Positions grew 4,826 but trading volumes fell more than 17,000 lots. With a slump in crude oil prices, LME copper will move in USD 5,280-5,330/mt during Asian trading hours. SHFE 1512 copper should range between RMB 39,800-40,300/mt on October 13 and spot discounts of RMB 0-50/mt is expected over SHFE 1510 copper. Then the red metal stabilized around RMB 39,900/mt and closed at RMB 39,910/mt, Positions declined 394 to 226,416 and trading volumes were around 140,000 lots.

ENERGY NEWS

Crude oil futures climbed on Tuesday, buoyed by light bargain-hunting after U.S. and Brent crude in the previous session posted their biggest daily percentage declines since the start of September. But a supply surplus and expectations of higher crude inventory stockplies in the United States limited gains. A preliminary Reuter’s survey, taken ahead of weekly inventory reports from industry group the American Petroleum Institute (API) and the U.S. Department of Energy's Energy Information Administration (EIA), showed a crude stock build of 2.8 million barrels on average in the week ended Oct. 9.

CS GOLD (DECEMBER) OVERVIEW:

TREND : BULLISH
RESIST 2: 26940
RESIST 1: 26860
SUP 1: 26500
SUP 2: 26335
STRATEGY: BUY ON DIPS

CS SILVER (DECEMBER) OVERVIEW:

TREND : BULLISH
RESIST 2:37400
RESIST 1:37150
SUP1:36440
SUP2:36100
STRATEGY : BUY ON DIPS