Wednesday, December 28, 2011

Precious Metals Extend Slide as U.S. Dollar Rallies

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DG365FD46564GFH654FU898 Gold and silver futures turned sharply lower Wednesday morning as the U.S. dollar rallied against a basket of the world’s leading currencies. COMEX gold for February 2012 delivery dropped $23.20, or 1.5%, to $1,572.30 per ounce, while silver futures tumbled $1.27, or 4.4%, to $27.47 per ounce. Earlier this morning precious metals traded only fractionally in the red, but extended their losses as the U.S. Dollar Index (DXY) climbed 0.6% to 80.323.



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