Thursday, June 4, 2009

Gold, Silver Climb as Dollar Falls


Gold, Silver Climb as Dollar Falls


The Wall Street Journal
June 2, 2009

Gold and silver futures bounced from overnight weakness Tuesday in response to a softer U.S. dollar, although the metals also ran into bouts of profit-taking.

August gold rose $4.40 to $984.40 an ounce on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange. July silver rose 22 cents to $15.955 and peaked at $16.02, its strongest level since August.

“Overnight, you had some profit-taking across the board in commodities,” said Bob Haberkorn, Lind-Waldock senior market strategist. “People were anticipating dollar strength on [Treasury Secretary Timothy] Geithner’s comments in China.

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