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Gold had a fairly "lively" session on the first day of May and it offered (perhaps unwanted) thrills to both the bulls and the bears within a span of just a few hours. Spot quotes ranged from highs near $1,672 to lows under $1,660 before and after the coffee-break hour.

Elliott Wave updates issued late Monday offered up the possibility that gold might be in the midst of a bounce that might conceivably carry it to near the [...]

Based on the recent upward trend in the gold market compared to nearly one week ago, price increases for U.S. Mint numismatic gold coins are possible. (Jump to table of likely coin prices.)

Basically, if the London gold PM Fix is $1,650.00 or higher on Wednesday, then prices will rise for commemorative gold and other numismatic gold coins that are produced by the U.S. Mint [...]

While platinum edged higher, gold, palladium and silver prices traded slightly lower Tuesday after data revealed better-than-expected U.S. manufacturing activity during the month of April.

Gold prices for June delivery declined $1.80, or 0.1%, to $1,662.40 an ounce on the Comex in New York. Gold moved between an intraday low of $1,657.50 and a high of $1,672.30 [...]

The awaited 2012 Proof Australian Gold Sovereign Coin has been released by the Perth Mint of Australia, marking the fourth annual issue in the series. Each coin is struck from 22-karat gold as part of an extremely limited 2,500 mintage.

Despite the relatively newness of the series, the Perth Mint has a long history of Gold Sovereign production. In fact, the Mint was originally constructed for just that purpose. Britain's Royal Mint opened it as [...]

Gold prices retreated Monday, adding to what turned into a modest 0.5% loss for April but yet an enviable level as compared to the monthly losses of 4.5% for silver and 4.4% for platinum. All precious metals looked up to palladium with its furious 4.3% rally in April.

For comparative purposes, last month was across the board bearish with losses of 2.3% for gold, 6.2% for silver, 2.9% for platinum and 7.7% for palladium [...]

Gold prices started the final trading day of April with minor ($3 per ounce) losses (that turned into larger, $12 ones within the first 20 minutes of action) in New York and were seen headed for a net loss for the month (based on the PM Fix) on the order of 1.75%...

Silver prices did not fare much better in April either; the white metal fell by roughly 6.0% during the past 30 days. By contrast, our perennial favorite, palladium, will have notched a gain of more than 4.25% on the period. Monday's opening level bid-side quotes came in at [...]