United States Net Long-Term TIC Flows came in at $-27.9B below forecasts ($146.3B) in July

Spot Gold is closing Wednesday with losses, trading around $4,250 after hitting an intraday high of $4,366. The bright metal came under strong selling pressure after the United States (US) Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) announced a 25 basis-point (bps) interest rate hike, as expected.