Today's Edition
NEW YORK (AGENCIES)
Gold prices slid on Wednesday as investors booked profits after prices briefly climbed to a more than one-week high in earlier trade, as a stronger dollar weighed on sentiment across the precious metals complex ahead of the key US jobs data due this week.
Spot gold fell 0.7 per cent to US$4,466.19 per ounce, as of 0330 GMT. Bullion touched a record high of $4,549.71 on December 26.
Meanwhile, the US gold futures for February delivery declined 0.4 per cent to $4,477.30.
Spot silver lost 1.2 per cent to $80.34 per ounce, down from an all-time high $83.62 on December 29.
Spot platinum dropped 2.9 per cent to $2,373.0 per ounce, receding from a record high $2,478.50 last Monday, while palladium traded 2.5 per cent lower at $1,777.22 per ounce.
