Gold and silver futures settled with small losses on Tuesday after trading modestly higher this morning.
COMEX gold for April delivery rose to $1,696.90 per ounce this morning before closing down by $0.70, or less than 0.1%, at $1,684.90 per ounce.
Silver futures, per the May COMEX contract, fell from an intra-day high of $33.19 to end lower by $0.13, or 0.4%, at $32.62 per ounce.
While precious metals finished slightly in the red, the U.S. Dollar Index held near unchanged at 79.01 this afternoon.
Other precious metals were mixed, with platinum futures climbing $10.80, or 0.7%, to $1,657.50 per ounce and palladium sliding $5.75, or 0.9%, to $663.00 per ounce.
Source; http://www.goldalert.com/2012/03/precious-metals-surrender-gains-settle-fractionally-lower/
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