Palladium logged a slight gain for a second day in a row Thursday. Meanwhile, gold, silver and platinum declined.
Gold for December delivery settled down $5.60, or 0.3%, to $1,808.90 an ounce on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange.
"Gold is trading weak relative to real yields, suggesting the metal’s micro-structure is vulnerable to a downside catalyst and we’re expecting a strong beat to Friday’s jobs data, so there could be some further momentum to the downside," Reuters quoted TD Securities commodity strategist Daniel Ghali.
Gold futures ranged from a low of $1,799.70 to a high of $1,817.90. They climbed 0.02% on Wednesday, they lost 0.4% on Tuesday, and they rose 0.3% on Monday.
Silver for September delivery shed 16.9 cents, or 0.7%, to settle at $25.292 an ounce. Silver futures traded between $25.11 and $25.57. They declined 0.5% on Wednesday, they inched up 0.03% on Tuesday, and they edged 0.1% ahead on Monday.
In other precious metals prices Thursday:
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October platinum fell $15.60, or 1.5%, to $1,005.70 an ounce, ranging from $1,000.20 to $1,021.60.
- Palladium for September delivery rose $3.40, or 0.1%, to $2,655.10 an ounce, trading between $2,633.50 and $2,670.
US Mint Bullion Sales in 2021
Published U.S. Mint bullion sales were unchanged Thursday. 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 / August | May | June | July | 2021 Sales | |
| $50 American Eagle 1 Oz Gold Coin | 0 | 6,000 | 15,500 | 20,500 | 158,000 | 49,500 | 649,500 |
| $25 American Eagle 1/2 Oz Gold Coin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15,000 | 10,000 | 56,000 |
| $10 American Eagle 1/4 Oz Gold Coin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30,000 | 0 | 86,000 |
| $5 American Eagle 1/10 Oz Gold Coin | 0 | 40,000 | 15,000 | 0 | 90,000 | 40,000 | 295,000 |
| $50 American Buffalo 1 Oz Gold Coin | 0 | 500 | 3,000 | 44,000 | 27,500 | 14,500 | 211,000 |
| $1 American Eagle 1 Oz Silver Coin | 0 | 760,000 | 612,500 | 0 | 2,800,000 | 3,104,000 | 19,623,000 |
| $100 American Eagle 1 Oz Platinum Coin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40,000 | 0 | 0 | 75,000 |
| Tuskegee Airmen 5 oz Silver Coin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2,900 | 0 | 0 | 52,900 |
Not joining the whiners and Caligulites as they complain and/or rejoice about not gitten one or gitten one mint special this evening? Quiet…too quiet.
Same here Sir Kaiser and Mark D… Instead I’m riding on the Cavalcade of Wings.