Market Updates

Gold and Silver Rise in Quiet Trading

Ivaylo
28 Aug, 2006
Metals

    In the absence of any key economic data, the market lacked direction on Friday and short covering was observed once again during the session. While gold was being supported to some extent by hiking crude oil prices, the overall tone remains quiet and was punctuated by thin trading conditions.

[R]5:00AM Gold and silver rose amid subdued trading on Friday.[/R]
December gold contract ended $2.30 higher at $630.80 a troy ounce on the NYME. September silver closed 6 cents up at $12.37 an ounce. October platinum settled $4.70 lower at $1,233 an ounce while September palladium added $1.35 to $345.80 an ounce. The September copper contract gained 1.40 cents to settle at $3.4425 per pound. December added 1.25 cents to $3.4315.

October crude oil advanced 15 cents at $72.51, well off its intraday high of $73.75 a barrel. September gasoline rose 3.36 cents to $1.8951 a gallon and September heating oil finished up 0.04 cents at $2.0298 a gallon. September natural gas settled up 7.8 cents at $7.157 a million British thermal units. On the New York Board of Trade, September Arabica coffee ended down 0.85 cent at $1.0620 a pound while December shed 0.90 cent to $1.1025. Futures on raw sugar in foreign ports for October were unchanged at 12.30 cents a pound.

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