Gold prices hovered in a $35 range Friday, virtually spending the day unchanged, as investors fleeing sinking U.S. and European stocks divided their options between the greenback and the yellow metal.
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Gold jumped more than 1 percent on Friday after Germany's approval for expanding the euro zone bailout fund offered temporary relief to investors, but the precious metal was heading for its worst monthly decline in three years.
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Gold prices rose on Thursday in choppy trade, with strong physical demand and gains in the euro lending support, but investors remained cautious towards the precious metal after this month's intense volatility.
Silver mining company shares rose solidly Thursday, even though the price of silver itself was up a mere 0.4 percent.
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Gold prices held steady Thursday after German lawmakers, by a surprisingly large majority, accepted a bigger financial burdern in bailing out weak Eurozone economies and strong Asian demand for physical gold offset a weaker dollar.
The Florida Marlins named former Chicago White Sox skipper Ozzie Guillen as their new manager on Wednesday, hoping he can kickstart a new era for the struggling Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise.
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Gold prices slumped 2 percent Wednesday as investors braced for a key vote on the future of the European bailout fund and readjusted portfolios ahead of the fourth quarter.
Mexican miner Minera Frisco, owned by the world's richest man Carlos Slim, said on Tuesday it was cutting its silver and copper hedges for this year and next, citing a significant decline in metals prices.
Silver coins being offered by the U.S. Mint have been pulled from the shelf after a recent 26 percent drop in silver's value, in what is expected to be a pause to re-price the coins.
Gold prices fell in the last week more than 10 percent, their longest such plunge since 1983, in a plunge that left the metal's reputation as safe-haven investment bruised, or worse.
Gold prices slipped modestly Wednesday after posting small overnight gains as investors sought a safe-haven for their money, traders picked up bargains and Asian buyers purchased coins, bars and jewelry.
Gold slipped 1 percent in volatile trade on Wednesday as the U.S. dollar regained strength on doubts over the progress of Europe's efforts to tackle the region's debt crisis, while this week's brutal correction also kept investors at bay.
Gold surged nearly 4 percent Tuesday on bargain hunting and increased Asian purchases of bullion, both of which were aided by a sharply lower U.S. dollar.
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Gold prices rose more than 4 percent Tuesday, breaking a three-day losing streak, on optimism that Germany this week will approve an expansion of Europe's bailout fund and a decline in the U.S. dollar.
Spot gold rallied more than 1 percent and U.S. gold futures as much as 4 percent on Tuesday, snapping four consecutive sessions of losses as a weaker dollar helped battered commodities stage a comeback.
Gold prices rose more than 3 percent on Tuesday as a drop in the dollar index helped the precious metal snap a four-day run of losses and after an early rout in the previous session tempted price-sensitive physical buyers back to the market.
Gold tumbled nearly 4 percent Monday, hit by momentum selling and heavy liquidation by commodity hedge funds triggered by another sharp margin hike.