Precious metals declined Thursday, posting losses ranging from 0.5% for gold to 5.6% for palladium. Gold’s decline was its first in ten sessions and follows a streak of four straight record settlements.
Gold for December delivery — the new, most active contract — shed $9.90 to settle at $1,966.60 an ounce on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange.
"These are normal corrective price pullbacks in still-strong uptrends on the charts. Once again, look for bulls to soon step in to buy the dips and do some bargain hunting," Jim Wyckoff, a senior analyst at Kitco Metals Inc., said in a daily research note.
Gold futures ranged from a low of $1,957.20 to a high of $1,987.30.
Silver for September delivery sank 95.9 cents, or 3.9%, to close at $23.362 an ounce. Silver futures traded between $23 and $24.58. They ended at $24.501 an ounce on Monday, registering their best settlement since Aug. 27, 2013.
In other precious metals prices on Thursday:
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October platinum fell $45.90, or 4.8%, to $912.60 an ounce, ranging from $894.30 to $965.
- Palladium for September delivery tumbled $126.30 to $2,134.90 an ounce, trading between $2,079 and $2,243.60.
London Precious Metals Prices (LBMA)
In comparing earlier fixed London gold and silver prices from Wednesday PM to Thursday PM:
- Gold added $6.75, or 0.4%, to $1,957.65 an ounce.
- Silver fell $1.175, or 4.8%, to $23.16 an ounce.
US Mint Bullion Sales in 2020
United States Mint bullion sales were unchanged Thursday. Below is a sales breakdown of U.S. Mint 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) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thursday | Last Week | This Week | May | June | July | 2020 Sales | |
| $50 American Eagle 1 Oz Gold Coin | 0 | 44,500 | 14,000 | 5,500 | 42,500 | 84,500 | 412,000 |
| $25 American Eagle 1/2 Oz Gold Coin | 0 | 4,000 | 0 | 6,000 | 2,000 | 4,000 | 45,000 |
| $10 American Eagle 1/4 Oz Gold Coin | 0 | 8,000 | 0 | 12,000 | 2,000 | 10,000 | 64,000 |
| $5 American Eagle 1/10 Oz Gold Coin | 0 | 25,000 | 10,000 | 0 | 0 | 35,000 | 210,000 |
| $50 American Buffalo 1 Oz Gold Coin | 0 | 9,500 | 7,500 | 2,500 | 7,500 | 22,000 | 148,000 |
| $1 American Eagle 1 Oz Silver Coin | 0 | 623,500 | 448,500 | 490,000 | 1,378,000 | 1,072,000 | 13,668,500 |
| America Samoa 5 oz Silver Coin* | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45,000 |
| Weir Farm 5 oz Silver Coin* | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45,000 |
| Salt River Bay 5 oz Silver Coin* | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45,000 |
| Marsh Billings 5 oz Silver Coin* | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45,000 | 45,000 |
| $1 American Eagle 1 Oz Platinum Coin* | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 56,500 |
