Today’s AM fix was USD 1,254.75, EUR 925.88 and GBP 763.32 per ounce.
Friday’s AM fix was USD 1,241.00, EUR 912.63 and GBP 754.68 per ounce.
Gold rose $10.02 or 0.8% Friday, closing at $1,252.11/oz. Silver rose $0.24 or 1.2% closing at $20.29/oz. Gold was up 0.5% for the week, its 4 consecutive weekly climb, in spite of a stronger dollar. This is positive from a technical and momentum perspective. For the week, silver rose 1.2 % to $20.29 an ounce.
Today, the U.S. markets are closed for Martin Luther King Jr holiday.
Gold in U.S. Dollars, 30 Day – (Bloomberg)
Gold is marginally lower today after gaining last week on the U.S. inflation data that showed that the cost of living in the U.S. increased by the most in six months. This increased the appeal of gold as an inflation hedge.
Platinum rose by 1.8% last week the highest of any precious metal. The platinum market is set to encounter production constraints as South African unions voted for a wage strike at Impala and Lonmin. If workers at Anglo American follow then it will cripple the world’s three largest producers, and bring more than half of the world’s platinum production to a screeching halt.
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