It’s a fast-paced world and consumers want actionable snippets and do not have time for scholarly tomes. The same goes for gold (GCQ26) and silver (SIN26) market watchers. Here are my two-minute bull and bear cases on the fundamentals and technicals presently impacting the gold and silver markets,

Gold fell the most in more than two months as robust US jobs data fueled bets that the Federal Reserve will likely raise interest rates this year, a headwind for the precious metal.

On the Multi Commodity Exchange, gold contracts for the August delivery traded lower by ₹1,536, or 0.96 per cent, at ₹1,58,011 per 10 grams in a business turnover of 1,265 lots.