贵金属早报-20250519

1. Report Industry Investment Rating - No relevant content provided 2. Core Viewpoints of the Report - The poor consumer confidence in the US, optimistic expectations for trade negotiations, the failure of Trump's tax - cut plan, and the inconclusive Russia - Ukraine negotiations led to the decline of gold and silver prices. Gold prices are expected to fluctuate due to the continued accumulation of recent events and optimistic global trade negotiation expectations. Silver prices mainly follow gold prices, and are more affected by tariff concerns [4][5]. - After Trump took office, the world entered a period of extreme turmoil and change. The inflation expectation has shifted to the economic recession expectation. Gold prices are difficult to fall and are still prone to rise and hard to fall. Silver prices still mainly follow gold prices [9][12]. 3. Summary According to the Table of Contents 3.1 Previous Day's Review - Gold: The US Michigan consumer confidence was poor, trade negotiation expectations were optimistic, and gold prices fell again. The US three major stock indexes rose across the board, European three major stock indexes rose slightly. The US dollar index rose 0.15% to 100.9828, the offshore RMB depreciated slightly. US Treasury yields rose collectively. COMEX gold futures fell 0.66% to $3205.30 per ounce. The basis was - 2.9, with the spot at a discount to the futures. Gold futures warehouse receipts remained unchanged at 15,648 kilograms. The 20 - day moving average was downward, and the K - line was below the 20 - day moving average. The main net position was long, and the main long positions decreased [4]. - Silver: Similar to gold, silver prices followed the decline of gold prices. COMEX silver futures fell 0.76% to $32.43 per ounce. The basis was - 24, with the spot at a discount to the futures. Shanghai silver futures warehouse receipts decreased by 27,764 kilograms day - on - day. The 20 - day moving average was downward, and the K - line was below the 20 - day moving average. The main net position was long, and the main long positions decreased [5]. 3.2 Daily Tips - Gold: The logic is that after Trump took office, the world entered a period of extreme turmoil and change, and the inflation expectation shifted to the economic recession expectation, making it difficult for gold prices to fall. The verification between the new US government's policy expectations and reality will continue, and gold prices are still prone to rise and hard to fall [9]. - Silver: Silver prices still mainly follow gold prices. The tariff concerns have a stronger impact on silver prices, and silver prices are prone to an enlarged increase [12]. 3.3 Today's Focus - 06:45: New Zealand's Q1 PPI output - 07:01: UK's May Rightmove average house asking price index - 09:30: China's housing price monthly report for 70 large and medium - sized cities - 10:00: China's April industrial added value above designated size, total retail sales of consumer goods, real estate investment and other monthly economic data - 17:00: Eurozone's April CPI final value - 20:30: Atlanta Fed President Bostic to deliver an opening speech at the Atlanta Fed's 2025 Financial Markets Conference - 20:45: Fed Vice - Chairman Jefferson and New York Fed President Williams to give speeches - 22:00: US April Conference Board leading indicator [14] 3.4 Fundamental Data - Gold: The US Michigan consumer confidence was poor, trade negotiation expectations were optimistic, and gold prices fell. The US dollar index rose, US Treasury yields rose, and the US stock market rose. The basis was negative, and the warehouse receipts remained unchanged [4]. - Silver: Similar to gold, silver prices followed the decline. The basis was negative, and the warehouse receipts decreased [5]. 3.5 Position Data - Gold: The main net position was long, and the main long positions decreased. The long positions of the top 20 in Shanghai gold decreased by 2,304 (a decrease of 1.24%), the short positions decreased by 2,341 (a decrease of 2.95%), and the net position increased by 37 (an increase of 0.03%) [4][30]. - Silver: The main net position was long, and the main long positions decreased. The long positions of the top 20 in Shanghai silver decreased by 9,292 (a decrease of 2.07%), the short positions decreased by 31,527 (a decrease of 9.32%), and the net position increased by 22,235 (an increase of 20.18%) [5][32]. - ETF Positions: Gold ETF positions continued to decrease, and silver ETF positions decreased slightly but were higher than the same period last year [34][37]. - Warehouse Receipts: COMEX gold warehouse receipts fluctuated and decreased but remained at a high level. Shanghai gold warehouse receipts, COMEX silver warehouse receipts fluctuated at a high level, and Shanghai silver warehouse receipts continued to decrease but were higher than the same period last year [39][41].