5:00AM Gold prices declined Friday, while silver futures added up on dollar.
February gold lost $2.30 to end at $650.60 a troy ounce on the NYME. March silver rose 7.5 cents to $14.19 an ounce. January platinum fell $22.20 to $1,154.50 an ounce. March palladium declined $1.60 to $332.75. Most-active March copper settled down 2.35 cents at $3.1720 per pound.
The January crude oil contract advanced 30 cents to close at $63.43 a barrel, their highest close since Sept. 18. January heating oil settled down 0.23 cent to $1.8477 a gallon. January unleaded gasoline gained 1.70 cents to finish at $1.6855 a gallon. December natural gas settled down 42.2 cents at $8.411 a million British thermal units.
On the New York Board of Trade, December Arabica coffee futures closed 3.50 cents higher at $1.2320 a pound, with most active March up 3.30 cents at $1.2760. Futures on raw sugar in foreign ports for March settled down 0.11 cent at 12.26 cents a pound, with May down 0.06 cent at 12.20 cents. |