Classic manipulated close near a thin close imo. Seen it many times.
There are huge central bank buy stops in gold at $2550. They also exist lower down. This means that the central banks are cleaning out the physical gold as per usual. The FED is walking into another trap that drove the last $400 rise. When gold hits $2550, it’s going to move much higher as it triggers those buy orders. The Chinese have continued to buy along with other central banks. This is from someone who knows.