What Side Of The Gold Market Was Buying Gold?
Equities, again, finished
lower for the day, while Treasuries finished mixed.
Equity
The Nasdaq
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9033.
Fixed Income
U.S. Treasuries finished mixed for the day.
The 10 year futures contract
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was unchanged at 112-14; and the five year note was down -015 at 113-175.
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Metals
August gold
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344.00 on the back of reported strong physical demand. Silver
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1.20 at 4.69. Copper was
down .20
at 78.40
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Energy
August crude
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close at 31.50. Natural gas was unchanged at 5.050
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Currencies
The USD index
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at 97.19.