At the end of the trading session last week, January 20, the price of SJC 9999 gold bars in Ho Chi Minh City was listed at 73.7 million VND per tael for buying and 76.7 million VND per tael for selling. The price of SJC 4-digit 9 gold bars was listed in Hanoi at 73.7 million VND per tael for buying and 76.72 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 20 was listed at 73.65 million VND per tael for buying and 76.65 million VND per tael for selling.

The international spot gold price on Kitco closed last week at $2,029 an ounce. The gold price for February 2024 delivery on the Comex New York floor was at $2,048.6 an ounce.

Gold price today, January 22, on the international market is expected to decrease due to the strengthening trend of USD price. Experts advise investors to limit putting all their capital into gold.

On the stock market , at the end of the trading session last week, January 19, the VN-Index increased by 12.44 points to 1,181.5 points. The HNX-Index decreased by 0.45 points to 229.48 points. The UPCoM-Index increased by 0.31 points to 87.46 points.

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International USD price is likely to go down (Photo: Yahoo Finance)

The central exchange rate between the Vietnamese Dong and the US dollar announced by the State Bank on January 19 was 24,037 VND/USD, down 4 VND compared to the previous session. The USD price at commercial banks on January 21 was listed around 24,345-24,715 VND/USD (buy - sell).

The world USD price tends to decrease. The DXY index - measuring the strength of the USD compared to 6 major currencies - ended last week at 103.24 points, down 0.29% compared to the previous session.

Today, January 22, the price of gasoline and oil on the international market is forecast to increase following the upward trend from last week. Last week, the world oil price regained its upward momentum after a slight decline the previous week.

In the domestic market, the selling prices of gasoline and oil today, January 22, are applied according to the prices at the management session on the afternoon of January 18 of the Ministry of Finance - Industry and Trade.

Accordingly, gasoline prices were adjusted up. Notably, the price of RON 95 gasoline increased beyond 22,000 VND per liter.

Specifically, the price of E5 gasoline increased to 21,410 VND per liter. The price of RON 95 gasoline was raised to 22,480 VND per liter.

While diesel price increased to 20,190 VND per liter, kerosene price increased to 20,530 VND per liter.

Morning financial news January 21, 2024: Gold price ends the week down, oil increases, USD goes down . Gold price today January 21, 2024 on the world market closed the week down. International oil prices recorded the second consecutive week of increase since the beginning of the year. Meanwhile, the world USD price tends to go down.