On Thursday, and for a second time this week, precious metals futures ended divided with gold and silver higher and platinum and palladium lower. Silver scored a seven-week high while gold ended at a one-week high.
Gold for August delivery gained $1.60, 0.1%, to settle at $1,303 an ounce on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange. The finish is the highest since Thursday of last week.
"The yellow metal continues to trade in a very narrow range between $1,290 and $1,307 established in recent weeks and has surprisingly remained largely unfazed by the latest pullback in the U.S. dollar," MarketWatch quoted Marios Hadjikyriacos, a strategist at brokerage XM.
Gold futures ranged from a low of $1,299 to a high of $1,307.80. They shed less than 0.1% on Wednesday, advanced 0.4% on Tuesday, and dipped 0.2% on Monday, ending at their lowest price since May 23.
Silver for July delivery rose 12.1 cents, or 0.7%, to settle at $16.815 an ounce — its best close since April 20. Silver futures traded between $16.50 and $16.77. They moved up 0.9% on Wednesday, rose 0.7% on Tuesday and declined less than 0.1% on Monday.
In other precious metals futures:
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July platinum declined $7.30, or 0.8%, to $900.30 an ounce, ranging from $898.50 to $910.50.
- Palladium for September delivery fell $5.60, or 0.6%, to $1,009.60 an ounce, trading between $1,005 and $1,026.
London Precious Metals Prices
LBMA bullion prices are available on the LBMA website with a delay of midnight.
US Mint Bullion Sales in 2018
United States Mint bullion sales were unchanged. Below is a sales breakdown of U.S. Mint bullion products with columns listing the number of coins sold during varying periods.
| US Mint Bullion Sales (# of coins) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thursday | Last Week | This Week / June | April | May | 2018 Sales | |
| $100 American Eagle 1 Oz Platinum Coin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10,000 | 30,000 |
| $50 American Eagle 1 Oz Gold Coin | 0 | 6,000 | 5,500 | 4,000 | 18,500 | 71,500 |
| $25 American Eagle 1/2 Oz Gold Coin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16,000 |
| $10 American Eagle 1/4 Oz Gold Coin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18,000 | 44,000 |
| $5 American Eagle 1/10 Oz Gold Coin | 0 | 0 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 10,000 | 115,000 |
| $50 American Buffalo 1 Oz Gold Coin | 0 | 0 | 5,000 | 2,000 | 16,500 | 52,000 |
| $1 American Eagle 1 Oz Silver Coin | 0 | 0 | 100,000 | 915,000 | 380,000 | 6,487,500 |
| Pictured Rocks 5 Oz Silver Coin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30,000 |
| Apostle Islands 5 Oz Silver Coin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30,000 | 0 | 30,000 |
