Wednesday, 5 December 2012

Gold Seeker Closing Report: Gold and Silver End Modestly Higher

By: Chris Mullen, Gold-Seeker.com

--Posted Monday, 3 December 2012 | Share this article | Source: GoldSeek.com


Close
Gain/Loss
Gold
$1715.20
+$2.00
Silver
$33.59
+$0.22
XAU
166.85
-1.97%
HUI
439.84
-2.33%
GDM
1281.06
-2.23%
JSE Gold
2300.48
-74.08
USD
79.90
-0.23
Euro
130.53
+0.65
Yen
121.60
+0.34
Oil
$89.09
+$0.18
10-Year
1.628%
+0.022
T-Bond
151.0625
-0.34375
Dow
12965.60
-0.46%
Nasdaq
3002.19
-0.27%
S&P
1409.46
-0.47%
 
 

The Metals:

Gold dropped back to $1712.80 by a little after 9AM EST before it jumped to as high as $1721.60 in the next hour of trade and then chopped back lower midday, but it still ended with a gain of 0.12%.  Silver slipped to $33.38 before it rose to as high as $33.821 and then also fell back off, but it still ended with a gain of 0.66%.

Euro gold fell to about €1314, platinum gained $10.50 to $1606, and copper rose slightly to about $3.63.

Gold and silver equities drifted lower throughout most of trade and ended with about 2% losses.

The Economy:

Report
For
Reading
Expected
Previous
ISM Index
Nov
49.5
51.2
51.7
Construction Spending
Oct
1.4%
0.4%
0.5%

There are no major economic reports due out tomorrow.


The Markets:

Charts Courtesy of http://finance.yahoo.com/

Oil rose along with the Dow, Nasdaq, and S&P in early trade as the U.S. dollar index and treasuries fell after Spain formally asked for European funds to recapitalize its banking sector.  Stronger than expected Chinese manufacturing data and a buyback offer by Greece also supported those moves, but persistent worries about the fiscal cliff dragged stocks back lower midday and the major indices ended with decent losses on the day.

Among the big names making news in the market today were Dell, News Corp., Ford, Chrysler, and UBS.

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