Gold and silver traded mostly slightly lower in Asia and...

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.