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Jul 3 Gold Market Morning Snapshot​


๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ MCX Futures $4,198.32
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ SFE Futures $4,181.07
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ SGE Spot $4,175.84 ($1.54๐Ÿ”ผ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง LBMA Spot @ 03:30)๐Ÿ‘€
๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง LBMA Spot $4,175.88
๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ IBJA Spot $4,158.54 (~$17.34๐Ÿ”ป๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง LBMA Spot)๐Ÿ‘€
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ COMEX Jul26 Futures $4,139.00 ($41.62๐Ÿ”ป๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง LBMA Spot @ last quote)๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ”ฅ

Quotes๐Ÿšซtaxes/duties

LBMA Spot ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง


Yesterday gold opened ~$4,060, popped and closed ~$4,120, popped again over night and sits ~$4,175 this morning.
gold spot 260703.webp

EFP Spreads (ET)​


Spot price @ 06:48 : $4,175.88

Jul26 = -$41.62 vs +$1.26 Previously (spot @ 20:40 July 2 : $4,180.62)
Aug26 = +$11.92 vs +$14.04
Sep26 = +$25.92 vs +$28.74
gold futures 7-3-26.webp

EFP Commentary​


Jul26 EFP spread flips hugely negative! That should definitely be sufficient arbitrage profit to encourage shipping COMEX gold to London.

India ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ


MCX Aug26 [GOLD 1kg] : $4,828.07 (less 15% BCD+AISD = $4,198.32)
IBJA PM spot : $4,782.32 (less 15% BCD+AISD = $4,158.54)

China ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ


SGE $4,175.84๐Ÿ”ผ(no VAT)
SFE $4,181.07๐Ÿ”ผ

SGE premium to LBMA spot = $1.54 (@ 03:30 ET)
SFE premium to SGE = $5.23


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Jul 3 Gold Vaults (ozt)​


GLD๐Ÿ”ผ9K
COMEX๐Ÿ”ป99K

COMEX withdrawals start the month at ~15.2% of Jul26 delivery requests
COMEX 5 DMA run rate 394d (๐Ÿ”ปfrom 551d)๐Ÿ‘€

COMEX 7-1​


๐Ÿ”ผ34K ozt (1.1t) in MT&B

๐Ÿ”ป133K ozt (4.1t) from Asahi (101K), HSBC (32K)

๐Ÿšซmoved between [R] and [E]

COMEX Run Rate​


Remaining Vault Stock = 27.5M ozt (14.8M [R], 12.6M [E])

Net withdraw rate through last 5 days = 70K/day (๐Ÿ”ผfrom 50K/day)

Total vault stock run rate = 27.5M / 70K = ~394 (working) days (~19.7 months) (๐Ÿ”ปfrom 551d)

COMEX Jul26​


Jul26 contract cumulative deliveries = 8,741
Jul26 contract equivalent ozt = 874,100
Actual withdrawals in Jul ozt = 133,149.44

Jul withdrawals start the month at ~15.2% of Jul26 delivery requests.

COMEX Commentary​


Wednesday's 99K ozt net withdrawal replaces a 32 ozt net withdrawal in the 5 DMA window so the withdraw rate grew significantly.

GLD Assets​


World Gold Trust Services:๐Ÿ”ผ1.4M shares
JPM:๐Ÿ”ผ9K ozt (0.3t)
HSBC:๐Ÿšซozt
ozt/shares ratio 0.092170 (๐Ÿ”ผfrom 0.091777)

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