goldies up 9%

Gold and silver traded mostly slightly lower in Asia and London, but both metals then climbed steadily higher throughout trade in New York and gold ended near its high of $979.35 with a gain of 2.23% while silver ended near its high of $15.46 with a gain of 1.87%.



Euro gold rose to ab out €684, platinum gained $3 to $1222, and copper rose slightly to about $2.81.



Gold and silver equities climbed markedly higher for most of trade and ended with about 9% gains.