Gold
futures rose to an 11-week high on speculation that Greece will abandon
the euro, boosting the precious metal™s appeal as a haven asset. Silver
climbed to a one-month high.
Gold
futures for February delivery climbed 0.1 percent to settle at
$1,234.40 an ounce at 1:45 p.m. on the Comex in New York. Earlier, the
metal reached $1,244.50, the highest for a most-active contract since
Oct. 23.
Silver
futures for March delivery gained 3.6 percent to $17.156 an ounce. The
price reached $17.215, the highest since Dec. 12. Aggregate trading was
30 percent more than the 100-day average for this time, while gold
climbed 22 percent, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
Through yesterday, silver slid 2.9 percent since the end of the third quarter, while gold advanced 1.7 percent.
Platinum
futures for April delivery added 0.5 percent to $1,247.80 on the New
York Mercantile exchange, a fourth straight gain and the longest rally
since Oct. 9. Palladium also climbed for the fourth consecutive session,
increasing 0.2 percent to $815.70 an ounce.
The gold-platinum ratio rose as much as 0.7 percent to 1.0002, the highest since Dec. 19, according to Bloomberg generic prices.
Source: Bloomberg
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