New York silver, gold and platinum bucked the normal trend, rising Thursday while crude-oil fell and the U.S. dollar gained strength.

Silver for October settled to $13.63 an ounce, gaining 13 cents, or 0.9 percent.

October platinum gained a sharp $43.50, or 3 percent, to end at $1,484.20 an ounce. The metal was helped by Impala Platinum’s chief executive citing stronger demand.

December gold rose by $3.20, or 0.4 percent, to close at $837.20 an ounce.

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A Cleveland landlord can demand payments in gold coins, according to a federal appeals court ruling Wednesday.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ruled a "gold clause" contained in a 1912 lease agreement was enforceable, reversing a lower courts decision and requiring it to determine an equivalent rent.

The breach of contract lawsuit was filed by building owner 216 Jamaica Avenue, LCC against renter S&R Playhouse Realty Co., who had been paying an annual rent of $35,000 since their obligated assumption of the lease in 1982.

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