The June
gold contract closed up $ 19.60 at $ 1,346.90 an ounce and the May copper contract was up two cents at $ 3.05 a pound.
The June
gold contract closed down $ 10.20 at US$ 1,322.80 an ounce and the May copper contract closed down one cent at US$ 3.13 a pound.
The April
gold contract closed down $ 7.80 at US$ 1,317.80 an ounce and the May copper contract was down three cents to US$ 3.13 a pound.
Not exact matches
Over the past several years the prices of
gold futures
contracts have generally been very
close to the spot price and there have been regular small dips in futures prices to below the spot price, but this situation is a natural and predictable effect of the Fed's unnatural zero - interest - rate policy.
December
gold futures, the most actively traded
contract, fell 1 % on Friday to
close at $ 1,274.20.
The February
gold contract on the New York Mercantile Exchange fell $ 41.40 to US$ 1,193.60 an ounce, its lowest
close since Aug. 3, 2010.
December
gold futures, the most actively traded
contract, fell 1 % on Friday to
close at $ 1,274.20.