Precious Metals Decline on Monday, Jan. 22

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Gold and other metals declined on Monday, Jan 22

Precious metals futures kicked off the new trading week with losses on Monday that ranged from less than 0.1% for gold to 2.3% to platinum.

Gold for February delivery dipped $1.20 to settle at $1,331.90 an ounce on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange.

"Gold is shaking off an upside bounce to the dollar and looking at the possibility of a government shutdown," MarketWatch quoted Bob Haberkorn, senior market strategist at RJO Futures in Chicago.

Gold futures traded from a low of $1,328 to a high of $1,335.80. They edged 0.1% lower last week, snapping a string of five weekly gains.

Meanwhile, silver for March delivery lost 4.7 cents, or 0.3%, to settle at $16.989 an ounce. Silver futures ranged from $16.94 to $17.11. They declined 0.6% last week.

In other precious metals futures prices on Monday:

  • April platinum dropped $23.30 to $996.80 an ounce, trading between $994.80 and $1,023.90.

  • Palladium for March delivery declined $6.10, or 0.6%, to $1,092.30 an ounce, ranging from $1,078.30 to $1,105.45.

Last week, platinum rose 2.4% while palladium fell 0.6%.

London Precious Metals Prices

In comparing earlier fixed London gold and silver prices from Friday PM to Monday PM:

  • Gold declined $2.35, or 0.2%, to $1,332.60 an ounce.
  • Silver slipped a half penny, or less than 0.1%, to $17.035 an ounce.

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

Last week in LBMA precious metals prices, silver fell 0.5% while the other metals posted advances of 0.6% for gold, 2% for platinum and 1.3% for palladium.

US Mint Bullion Sales in 2018

United States Mint bullion sales advanced by a combined 9,000 ounces in gold coins and by 250,000 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.

US Mint Bullion Sales (# of coins)
Monday Last Week December 2017 Sales 2018 Sales
$50 American Eagle 1 Oz Gold Coin 4,500 3,500 38,000 228,500 35,000
$25 American Eagle 1/2 Oz Gold Coin 2,000 2,000 3,000 37,000 16,000
$10 American Eagle 1/4 Oz Gold Coin 2,000 0 4,000 64,000 26,000
$5 American Eagle 1/10 Oz Gold Coin 10,000 10,000 25,000 395,000 80,000
$50 American Buffalo 1 Oz Gold Coin 2,500 2,500 14,000 99,500 23,500
$1 American Eagle 1 Oz Silver Coin 250,000 250,000 742,000 18,065,500 3,020,000
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