Gold has been on the back foot after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell seemed reluctant to intervene and lower bond yields. Higher returns on US debt make the yieldless precious metal less attractive to investors. However, markets seem to have stabilized after US Nonfarm Payrolls rose by 379,000.
In the meantime, here is how XAU/USD is positioned on the charts. The Technical Confluences Detector is showing that gold faces some resistance at around $1,700.