Gold inched up in Thursday trading, rising for the third straight session.
Gold futures for February delivery added 0.3% to $1,251.10 per ounce on Monday, according to . Gold traded as high as $1,255.30 and as low as $1,243. Bullion closed in London at $1,251, according to .
Silver futures for March delivery increased 0.8%, to $20.39 per ounce. Monday’s high for silver was $20.47, while the low was $19.96.
Metal funds improved on Monday.
- The SPDR Gold Shares () rose 0.6%.
- The iShares Gold Trust () climbed 0.7%.
- The iShares Silver Trust () gained 1.6%.
Mining ETFs advanced during the day.
- The Market Vectors Gold Miners ETF () added 2.9%.
- The Market Vectors Junior Gold Miners ETF () surged 5.8%.
- The Global X Silver Miners ETF () grew 2.9%.
Gold stocks mostly climbed on Monday.
- Agnico-Eagle Mines () jumped 5%.
- Barrick Gold () edged up 0.1%.
- Eldorado Gold () surged 5%.
- Goldcorp () sank 0.3%.
- Kinross Gold () added 1.8%.
- Newmont Mining () inched up 0.3%.
- NovaGold Resources () improved 4.7%.
- Yamana Gold () gained 2.8%.
Silver mining shares moved higher during the day.
- Coeur d’Alene Mines () added 1.9%.
- Hecla Mining () increased 2.1%.
- Pan American Silver () gained 1.8%.
- Silver Wheaton () rosed 2%.
- Silver Standard Resources () improved 2.1%.
As of this writing, Christopher Freeburn did not hold a position in any of the aforementioned securities. Adrian Ash of contributed to this report.
