• EUR/AUD declined sharply on Thursday as commodity linked Australian dollar gained against euro after fresh sanctions on Russia .
• Global oil prices rallied by over 5% on Thursday after U.S. President Donald Trump hit Russia's two biggest oil companies - Lukoil and Rosneft with sanctions.
• Spot gold was up 1% after falling to a near two-week low in the previous session.
• Gold prices have gained about 57% this year, driven by geopolitical tensions, economic uncertainty, expectations of rate cuts, and sustained central bank buying.
• Technical signals are bearish as RSI is at 49, daily momentum studies 11 , 14 and 21 DMA are trending down.
• Immediate resistance is located at 1.7916 (50% fib), any close above will push the pair towards 1.7974(Oct 20th high)
• Support is seen at 1.7817 (SMA20) and break below could take the pair towards 1.7775(38.2%fib).
Recommendation: Good to sell around 1.7840, with stop loss of 1.7900 and target price of 1.7760
