Gold traded 0.1% higher Monday, with a final bid of $1,672.40 per ounce, according to CME Group data. Gold prices reached a high of $1,676 and a low of $1,666.50. Gold bullion finished at $1,670 per ounce for Monday’s session in London.
Silver futures climbed 0.1% Monday, with a final bid of $31.05 per ounce. Monday’s high for silver reached $31.23, and the low was $30.65.
Gold funds traded lower while iShares Silver Trust (NYSE:SLV) didn’t budge on Monday.
- The SPDR Gold Trust (NYSE:GLD) finished 0.4% lower.
- The iShares Gold Trust (NYSE:IAU) also was 0.4% higher.
- The iShares Silver Trust was flat.
Gold and silver mining ETFs suffered losses.
- The Market Vectors Gold Miners ETF (NYSE:GDX) dipped 1.4%.
- The Market Vectors Junior Gold Miners ETF (NYSE:GDXJ) was 1.5% lower.
- The Global X Silver Miners ETF (NYSE:SIL) finished 0.7% lower.
Gold mining shares fell Monday, with NovaGold Resources taking it on the chin.
- Agnico-Eagle Mines (NYSE:AEM) was down 1.2%.
- Barrick Gold (NYSE:ABX) finished 0.8% lower.
- Eldorado Gold (NYSE:EGO) fell 1.5%.
- Goldcorp (NYSE:GG) dipped 1.2%.
- Kinross Gold (NYSE:KGC) was 2.1% lower.
- Newmont Mining (NYSE:NEM) dropped 0.4%.
- NovaGold Resources fell 3.2%.
- Yamana Gold (NYSE:AUY) finished 1.5% lower.
Silver mining shares also were lower Monday.
- Coeur d’Alene Mines (NYSE:CDE) dropped 1.8%.
- Hecla Mining (NYSE:HL) fell 2.1%.
- Pan American Silver (NASDAQ:PAAS) dipped 0.7%.
- Silver Wheaton (NYSE:SLW) was 0.9% lower.
- Silver Standard Resources (NASDAQ:SSRI) stumbled 2%.
As of this writing, Angela Nazworth did not hold a position in any of the aforementioned securities. Adrian Ash of BullionVault contributed to this report.