Gold charted mostly level this week, silver was slightly up, and platinum slid down by over 3 percent. The U.S. market was holiday-shortened with 4th of July celebrations Friday. London precious metals continued, with the following results:
Silver closed to $18.01 an ounce, a healthy gain of 61 cents compared to last Friday’s close.
London Platinum closed the week to 2,012, which was down $41 compared to its previous Friday close. Platinum suffered with weakening car demand news. Platinum is used in vehicle catalytic converters.
Gold closed Friday to $931 an ounce, gaining $11.25 from last Friday, but losing $2 for Monday through Friday.
The European Central Bank (ECB) raised rates this week, resulting in stronger investment interest for the US dollar.
"The ECB statement was not as hawkish as some had expected, thus they sold euro and bought dollars," said Jon Nadler, senior analyst at Kitco Bullion Dealers.
"At the end of the day, after a nice run, many [gold traders] were compelled to take profits," Nadler said in emailed comments. "That is what the game is generally all about."
Dollar strength typically hurts the price of gold.
The silver, gold and platinum weekly charts and comparisons from last week are below. The weekly business recap video from Reuters and three related precious metal articles are listed as well.
CoinNews London Fix Charts: Silver, Gold and Platinum
(June 30 – July 4)
The London Fix is one of the most used bullion quotes around the world. The London AM fix for gold and platinum begins at 10:30am GMT (5:30am in New York), and the PM fix begins at 3pm GMT (10am in New York). The London Fix for silver begins each business day at 12pm GMT (7am in New York).
London Fix figures: percent and dollar change after Friday’s close, plus previous weeks
June 30 – July 4
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Up
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Down
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Week % Change
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Week $ Change
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Friday Close
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| Silver |
X
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2.0%
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$0.36
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$18.01
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| Gold |
|
X
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-0.2%
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-$2
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$931
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| Platinum |
|
X
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-3.1%
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-$65
|
$2012
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Week change numbers are for Monday-Friday.
June 23-27
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Up
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Down
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Week % Change
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Week $ Change
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Friday Close
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| Silver |
X
|
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1.2%
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$0.21
|
$17.40
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| Gold |
X
|
|
1.6%
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$14
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$920
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| Platinum |
|
X
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-0.3%
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-$7
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$2053
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Week change numbers are for Monday-Friday
London Fix: June 16-20
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Up
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Down
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Week % Change
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Week $ Change
|
Friday Close
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|
| Silver |
X
|
|
4.2%
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$0.71
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$17.44
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| Gold |
X
|
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4.1%
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$36
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$908
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| Platinum |
X
|
|
1.9%
|
$38
|
$2068
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Week change numbers are for Monday-Friday.
London Fix: June 9-13
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Up
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Down
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Week % Change
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Week $ Change
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Friday Close
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|
| Silver |
|
X
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-6.6%
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-$1.15
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$16.31
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| Gold |
|
X
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-4.2%
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-$38
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$866
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| Platinum |
|
X
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-1.1%
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-$23
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$2043
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Week change numbers are for Monday–Friday.
Bullion and business related articles for the week
In related news, interesting or quick-read articles:
- July 3 – Gold closes almost $13 lower as dollar strengthens – MarketWatch
Gold futures closed with a loss of more than 1% Thursday, pressured as the U.S. dollar rose against other currencies, but the precious metal still posted a gain of more than $2 an ounce for the holiday-shortened week.
- July 4 – Gold steady as inflation fears balance dollar – Reuters
Gold was steady in Europe on Friday as fears over rising inflation balanced the effects of a strengthening dollar and slipping oil prices. Concerns over rising prices are firmly underpinning the metal, and could take it to its third consecutive weekly gain.
- July 3 – Fire. Works. In Housing?? – Jon Nadler
Thursday’s pre-holiday price action in gold was dominated by busy profit-taking sales in the wake of the 25 bp ECB rate hike decision. Amid plenty of internal discord regarding the wisdom and consequences of the action, the ECB this morning did follow through on its previous hawkish jawboning and hiked interest rates by a quarter point.
Business week overview and wrap-up by Reuters News
Blue chips ended a holiday-shortened trading week with a strong finish after record oil prices lifted energy shares and a jobs report added little to economic jitters.
The three major US indexes:
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The Dow rose 73.03 points to close at 11,288.54 Thursday. For the week the Dow lost 0.5%.
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The S&P 500 gained 1.38 points Thursday to close at 1,262.90.
- The Nasdaq fell 6.08 points Thursday to finish at 2,245.38. It lost 3% for the week.
In other world markets:
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The German DAX gained 48.32 points to close at 6,353.74.
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The Paris CAC 40 gained 47.51 points to close at 4,343.99.
- And the London FTSE 100 gained 50.3 points to close at 5,476.6.
Speaker: Ashraf Laidi, chief foreign exchange strategist, CMC Markets Conway Gittens reports from New York.
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