Here’s What Pushed Gold Higher Today

Stocks and
Treasuries finished lower today.

Equity

The Nasdaq
future
(
NDU3 |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
was down 2.50 1300.00. The S&P 500 contract
(
SPU3 |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
was down 2.70 to close at 999.30, and the Dow
(
DJU3 |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
was down
32
at 9390.

Fixed Income

The 10
year futures contract
(
TYU3 |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
was down -200 to close at 111-120; the 30 year
(
USU3 |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)

was down by -21 to close at 106-22; and the five year note was down by 0-105 at 111-245
(
FVU3 |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
.

Metals

August gold
(
GCQ3 |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
was up by 4.10 at 366.30
after a series of bombings in the Middle East prompted investors to seek the
protection associated with owning the yellow metal. Silver
(
SIU3 |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
was up by
1.30 at 503.5. Copper was
up by .25 at 80.50
(
HGU03 |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
, and aluminum
(
ALU03 |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
was up by .0005
.6605.

Energy

August crude
(
CL03Q |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
oil was up .25 to close at 30.95. Natural gas was
down by .004 to close at 5.115
(
NG03Q |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
.

Currencies

The USD index
(
DX03M |
Quote |
Chart |
News |
PowerRating)
was higher by .03 to close
at 97.51.