Gold price decline slows down, cash flow in China returns to ETF funds
Reported by Laodong.vn: “Gold price decline slows down, cash flow in China returns to ETF funds”. Gold settled at $4,421 an ounce on August 18, 2026 — $142.13 per gram, -1.19% on the day. The story touches China: we track local prices and customs flows for those.
ETF and fund flows indicate whether investment capital is entering gold. Strong inflows may reinforce price momentum, while outflows can weigh on the market despite stable physical demand. The direction is consistent with that session's settlement: -1.19%. Thirty sessions later gold traded at $4,187 an ounce, -5.29% versus the date of the report. That is an observation about the market, not a consequence of one headline.
- ETF flows
- fund positioning
- bond yields
- US dollar
- daily holdings
- trading volume
- US real yields
- reserve and import data: China
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