At the end of the trading session last weekend (January 13), the price of SJC 9999 gold bars in Ho Chi Minh City was listed at 74 million VND per tael for buying and 77 million VND per tael for selling. Meanwhile, the price of SJC 4-digit 9 gold bars was listed in Hanoi at 74 million VND per tael for buying and 77.02 million VND per tael for selling.

Meanwhile, the price of SJC gold bars traded at DOJI in Hanoi at the end of the session on January 13 was listed at 73.95 million VND per tael for buying and 76.95 million VND per tael for selling.

The international spot gold price on Kitco closed last week at $2,048.7 an ounce. Meanwhile, the gold price for February 2024 delivery on the Comex New York floor was at $2,051.6 an ounce.

Gold prices today, January 15, on the international market are expected to increase sharply, possibly even setting a new historical level due to military conflicts in the Middle East.

On the stock market , at the end of the trading session last week, January 12, the VN-Index decreased by 7.52 points to 1,154.7 points. The HNX-Index decreased by 2.39 points to 230.31 points. The UPCoM-Index decreased by 0.66 points to 86.9 points with 127 stocks increasing and 173 stocks decreasing.

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World USD price goes up (Photo: Bloomberg)

The central exchange rate between the Vietnamese Dong and the US dollar announced by the State Bank on January 12 was 23,976 VND/USD, an increase of 28 VND compared to the previous session. The USD price at commercial banks on January 14 was listed around 24,260-24,630 VND/USD (buy - sell).

The world USD price tends to increase. The DXY index - measuring the strength of the USD compared to 6 major currencies - ended last week at 102.44 points, up 0.14% compared to the previous session.

Today, January 15, the international oil price is likely to increase following the upward trend from the last two trading sessions of the week. However, for the whole week, the world oil price still decreased slightly. Brent oil price closed last week at 78.29 USD per barrel while WTI oil price closed the week at 72.68 USD per barrel.

In the domestic market, the selling price of gasoline and oil today, January 14, is applied according to the price at the management session on the afternoon of January 11.

Accordingly, the price of gasoline and oil was adjusted up by the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Industry and Trade. In particular, the price of RON 95 gasoline increased to nearly 22,000 VND per liter.

Specifically, the retail price of E5 RON 92 gasoline increased to VND21,040 per liter. The price of RON 95 gasoline increased to VND21,930 per liter.

Meanwhile, diesel prices rose to VND19,700 per liter. Kerosene prices increased to VND20,330 per liter.

Morning financial news January 14, 2024: Gold price forecast to increase sharply, oil and USD go up Gold price today January 14, 2024 on the world market is forecast to increase sharply due to the escalating military conflict in the Middle East. World oil prices increased slightly at the end of the week. International USD prices also tend to go up.