Gold Scores New 11-Month High, Palladium Notches Fresh 16-1/2-Year High

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Gold futures ended at their strongest price since Sept. 29

Precious metals futures ended mostly higher Tuesday. Gold and palladium scored fresh milestone highs though silver slipped from a 12-week high.

Gold for December delivery added $3.60, or 0.3%, to end at $1,318.90 an ounce on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange. The settlement is the highest since Sept. 29 when gold prices ended at $1,326 an ounce.

"The yellow metal was supported on news North Korea fired a ballistic missile over Japan," Jim Wyckoff, a senior analyst at Kitco Metals Inc., said in a report. "An eroding U.S. dollar index that hit another 15-month low today also lifted the precious metals markets."

Gold futures ranged from a low of $1,310.60 to a high of $1,331.90. They gained 1.3% in their start to the week on Monday.

Silver for September delivery dipped 1.5 cents, or less than 0.1%, to settle at $17.426 an ounce. Silver futures traded between $17.25 and $17.67. They rallied 2.3% in the prior session, ending at their best price since June 6.

In other precious metals futures prices:

  • October platinum tacked on $14.20, or 1.4%, to $1,003.50 an ounce, ranging from $991 to $1,011.50.

  • Palladium for December delivery gained $11.35, or 1.2%, to $943.70 an ounce — its latest, strongest settlement since February 2001. Palladium prices traded between $932.90 and $947.

London Precious Metals Prices

London market closed Monday for a public holiday. In comparing earlier fixed London gold and silver prices from Friday PM to Tuesday PM:

  • Gold added $33.35 or 2.6%, to 1,318.65 an ounce.
  • Silver jumped 58 cents, or 3.4%, to $17.60 an ounce.

LBMA platinum and palladium prices are available on the LBMA’s website with a delay of midnight.

US Mint Bullion Sales in 2017

U.S. Mint bullion sales advanced Tuesday by 1,000 ounces in gold coins and by 350,000 ounces in silver coins. Below is a sales breakdown of U.S. bullion products with columns listing the number of coins sold during varying periods. Products with an asterisk (*) are no longer available.

US Mint Bullion Sales (# of coins)
Tuesday Last Week This Week July August YTD
$100 American Eagle 1 Oz Platinum Coin 0 0 0 0 0 20,000
$50 American Eagle 1 Oz Gold Coin 500 1,500 500 13,500 6,500 162,000
$25 American Eagle 1/2 Oz Gold Coin 0 1,000 0 0 2,000 29,000
$10 American Eagle 1/4 Oz Gold Coin 0 2,000 0 4,000 2,000 54,000
$5 American Eagle 1/10 Oz Gold Coin 0 15,000 0 30,000 15,000 305,000
$50 American Buffalo 1 Oz Gold Coin 500 500 500 6,000 3,000 75,000
$1 American Eagle 1 Oz Silver Coin 300,000 190,000 600,000 2,320,000 1,025,000 15,578,500
2017 Effigy Mounds 5 Oz Silver Coin 0 0 0 0 0 35,000
2017 Frederick Douglass 5 Oz Silver Coin 0 0 0 0 0 20,000
2017 Ozark Riverways 5 Oz Silver Coin 0 0 0 0 0 20,000
2017 Ellis Island 5 Oz Silver Coin 10,000 N/A 39,500 N/A 39,500 39,500

 

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Joe Brown

a rear green day, for the 4 precious 1’s.