Gold, Silver Get a Boost in Monday Trading
by Angela Nazworth | July 9, 2012 6:18 pm
Talk of extending the Bush tax cuts[1], gains in the U.S. grain market and higher energy prices helped gold and silver prices along Monday.
Gold futures finished 0.6% higher at the end of Monday’s trading with a final bid of $1,590.20 per ounce, according to CME Group data[2]. Gold reached a high of $1,593 and a low of $1,576. Results were up despite news that Bank of America (NYSE:BAC[3]) cut its gold forecast for 2012.
Silver futures finished the day about 0.2% higher with a final bid of $27.42. Monday’s high for silver prices reached $27.42, and the low was $26.90.
Gold bullion ended at $1,590 per ounce for Monday’s trading session in London, according to BullionVault[4].
“The market is trying to decide whether to continue the down move below $1500 or recover back above $1640 towards $1750,” according to technical analysis[5] from bullion bank Scotia Mocatta.
Gold and silver trusts experienced slight gains Monday.
- The SPDR Gold Trust (NYSE:GLD[6]) ticked up about 0.2%.
- The iShares Gold Trust (NYSE:IAU[7]) was about 0.3% higher.
- The iShares Silver Trust (NYSE:SLV[8]) was up about 0.8%.
Movement in gold and silver mining ETFs was down slightly.
- The Market Vectors Gold Miners ETF (NYSE:GDX[9]) fell around 0.4%.
- The Market Vectors Junior Gold Miners ETF (NYSE:GDXJ[10]) was about 0.4% lower.
- The Global X Silver Miners ETF (NYSE:SIL[11]) tripped about 0.4%.
Gold mining shares showed losses almost across the board Monday.
- Agnico-Eagle Mines (NYSE:AEM[12]) dropped about 0.3%.
- Barrick Gold (NYSE:ABX[13]) was down about 0.6%.
- Eldorado Gold (NYSE:EGO[14]) showed losses of around 0.8%.
- Goldcorp (NYSE:GG[15]) was up about 0.4%.
- Kinross Gold (NYSE:KGC[16]) edged up just 0.1%.
- Newmont Mining (NYSE:NEM[17]) showed losses of 0.4%.
- NovaGold Resources (AMEX:NG[18]) was flat.
- Yamana Gold (NYSE:AUY[19]) was about 1% lower.
Most silver mining shares slid heavily Thursday.
- Coeur d’Alene Mines (NYSE:CDE[20]) slid about 1.7%.
- Hecla Mining (NYSE:HL[21]) dropped about 1.9%.
- Pan American Silver (NASDAQ:PAAS[22]) showed sharp losses of around 4.8%.
- Silver Wheaton (NYSE:SLW[23]) dipped around 1.2%.
- Silver Standard Resources (NASDAQ:SSRI[24]) was down about 0.7%.
As of this writing, Angela Nazworth did not hold a position in any of the aforementioned securities. Adrian Ash of BullionVault[25] contributed to this report.
Endnotes:
- Bush tax cuts: https://investorplace.com/investorpolitics/obama-proposes-one-year-bush-tax-cut-extension/
- CME Group data: http://www.cmegroup.com/trading/metals/precious/gold_quotes_settlements_futures.html
- BAC: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=BAC
- BullionVault: http://www.bullionvault.com/
- according to technical analysis: http://goldnews.bullionvault.com/gold-prices-070920121
- GLD: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=GLD
- IAU: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=IAU
- SLV: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=SLV
- GDX: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=GDX
- GDXJ: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=GDXJ
- SIL: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=SIL
- AEM: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=AEM
- ABX: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=ABX
- EGO: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=EGO
- GG: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=GG
- KGC: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=KGC
- NEM: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=NEM
- NG: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=NG
- AUY: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=AUY
- CDE: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=CDE
- HL: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=HL
- PAAS: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=PAAS
- SLW: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=SLW
- SSRI: http://studio-5.financialcontent.com/investplace/quote?Symbol=SSRI
- BullionVault: http://www.bullionvault.com
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