Gold climbed in early trading Thursday, but the advance withered after a report showed better-than-expected U.S. manufacturing gains in July. Gold futures ended the day slightly lower, while the U.S. dollar climbed.
The Institute for Supply Management’s manufacturing index jumped from a reading of 50.9 in June to 55.4 last month. The surge surprised economists who were expecting the index to rise to a reading of just 52.
Gold futures for December delivery slid 0.1% to $1,311.20 per ounce Thursday, according to . Gold traded as high as $1,330.7o and as low as $1,307.10. Gold bullion closed in London at $1,313, according to BullionVault.
Silver futures for December delivery were flat at $19.67 per ounce. Thursday’s high for silver was $20, while the low was $19.61.
Gold and silver funds slid in Thursday trading.
- The SPDR Gold Trust () fell 1.1%.
- The iShares Gold Trust () sank 1%.
- The iShares Silver Trust () slipped 0.8%.
Gold and silver mining ETFs declined during the day.
- The Market Vectors Gold Miners ETF () dropped 3.2%.
- The Market Vectors Junior Gold Miners ETF () dipped 1.9%.
- The Global X Silver Miners ETF () moved down 1.4%.
Gold mining shares slumped on Thursday.
- Agnico-Eagle Mines () slid 3.2%.
- Barrick Gold () slipped 0.9%.
- Eldorado Gold () tumbled 5.1%.
- Goldcorp () sank 2.8%.
- Kinross Gold () fell 2.1%.
- Newmont Mining () dipped 1.4%.
- NovaGold Resources () dropped 2.4%.
- Yamana Gold () plunged 7.9%.
Silver mining shares moved down during the day.
- Coeur d’Alene Mines () fell 1.9%.
- Hecla Mining () moved down 0.6%.
- Pan American Silver () dropped 2.8%.
- Silver Wheaton () also sank 2.8%.
- Silver Standard Resources () tumbled 5%.
As of this writing, Christopher Freeburn did not hold a position in any of the aforementioned securities. Adrian Ash of contributed to this report.
