Gold futures settled
higher on Tuesday, with analysts attributing the modest climb to a
technical bounce a day after prices for the metal snapped a
seven-session streak of declines.
December gold GCZ5,
-0.04% added 40 cents to settle at $1,088.50 an ounce on Comex, after
seesawing between modest losses and gains early on in the session.
But prices continue to
trade a few dollars away from lowest settlement level in more than 5
years. Tracking the most-active contracts, a settlement below $1,085.50
would be the worst since early 2010.
Higher interest rates
could diminish the appeal of gold, which doesn’t offer interest, and may
buoy the U.S. dollar, with a stronger greenback often bearish for
dollar-denominated gold prices.
Other metals on Comex
settled lower, with the exception of December palladium which inched up
by 85 cents, or 0.1%, to $597.80 an ounce after losing 2.6% on Monday.
January platinum fell $14.90, or 1.6%, to $899.50 an ounce.
December silver
declined by 5.7 cents, or 0.4%, to $14.356 an ounce and December copper
finished at $2.218 a pound, down 1.3 cents, or 0.6%.
Source: MarketWatch
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