US gold futures ended lower on Wednesday as a firmer dollar against the euro dented interest in the precious metal as a currency hedge, but worries about longer-term inflation were underpinning the precious metal. February settled down $9.20, or 1.1 percent, at $811.30 an ounce on the COMEX division of the New York Mercantile Exchange.
GOLD: Range was $809.60 to $824.60. COMEX estimated final volume at 130,615 lots, and options turnover at 14,658 contracts. Spot gold at $813.65 at 2:17 pm EST (1917 GMT), down 0.8 percent from Tuesday's close.
SILVER: March ended down 3.6 cents to $10.269 an ounce, holding firm in spite of gold's decline. COMEX estimated final volume at 17,042 lots. Spot silver at $10.20, down 0.9 percent from Tuesday's finish.
PLATINUM: NYMEX January platinum finished down $1.90 to $869.70 an ounce in quiet preholiday trade. Platinum, which is used as an autocatalyst to clean exhaust fumes from cars, largely unchanged due to lack of news from automakers Spot platinum fetched $855.00, 0.6 percent lower than Tuesday's late quote.
PALLADIUM: March palladium closed down $6.05, or 3.1 percent, to $191.65 an ounce on light profit taking based on persistent demand fears from automakers. Spot palladium fetched $189, down 2.8 percent from its previous close.
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