Gold: Down 0.6% – Retracing more of the recent advances
|The gold futures lost 0.56% on Friday, as it retraced some of the recent rally. The market has bounced off its mid-April local high. On April 14 it was the highest since November of 2012 and the daily high was at $1,788.80. Since then we’ve seen some profit-taking action and a potential downward reversal. But gold began acting as a safe haven asset again. It rallied last week and got closer to the mentioned medium-term high.
Gold is down 0.6% this morning, as it retraces more of the recent advances. What about the other precious metals? Silver has lost 0.6% on Friday and today it unchanged. Platinum lost 1.80% on Friday and today it is down 0.5%. Palladium lost 0.8% on Friday and today it is gaining 1.6%. So precious metals extend their short-term consolidation on Monday.
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