Here’s What Happened To Precious Metals Today
Equities and Treasuries
finished significantly lower today.
Equity
The Nasdaq
future
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72 at 9083.
Fixed Income
U.S. Treasuries continued their 5-day sell.
The 10 year futures contract
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was down by 2-10 to close at 110-00; and the five year note was down -295 at 112-165
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Metals
August gold
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351.00 on the back of a weaker US dollar. Silver
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up 1.05
at 77.65
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Energy
August crude
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close at 31.78. Natural gas was up .085 to close at 5.107
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Currencies
The USD index
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at 96.47.