Gold futures in New York rose in sleepy trade early Wednesday, with traders waiting for more cues from currency and oil markets. One floor broker said gold broke through a small technical barrier at $450 an ounce but noted that traders needed more information for the market to rally further.
"We're waiting for the euro to do something," he said, adding traders were weighing a slight retreat in crude oil from recent highs. By 9:36 am (1336 GMT), December delivery gold on the New York Mercantile Exchange's COMEX division rose $1.10 to $449.7 an ounce. Estimated volume at 9:00 am was a paltry 5,000 lots.
Spot gold reached $445.30/446.0 an ounce from a late New York quote of $444.05/444.75 on Tuesday. The London morning fix was $444.50. Global demand for gold in the second quarter totalled 949 tonnes, up 14 percent from a year earlier, bolstered by purchases from the jewellery sector, the World Gold Council (WGC) said on Wednesday.
Worldwide jewellery demand increased 15 percent to 728 tonnes in the second quarter of 2005, COMEX December silver gained 5.2 cents to $7.15 an ounce. Spot silver rose to $7.07/7.10 from a late quote of $7.02/7.05 Tuesday. NYMEX October platinum fell 2.9 cents to $908.5 an ounce. Spot platinum fell to $903/908 from $907/911 late Tuesday. Thinly traded December palladium lost 95 cents to $184.25. Spot was steady at $182/185.
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