{"id":32716,"date":"2012-08-20T15:42:00","date_gmt":"2012-08-20T15:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www2.thestockmarketwatch.com\/stock-market-news\/gold-prices-settle-higher-silver-prices-rally\/32658\/"},"modified":"2012-08-20T15:42:00","modified_gmt":"2012-08-20T15:42:00","slug":"gold-prices-settle-higher-silver-prices-rally","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www2.stockmarketwatch.com\/stock-market-news\/gold-prices-settle-higher-silver-prices-rally\/32716\/","title":{"rendered":"Gold Prices Settle Higher; Silver Prices Rally"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\ngoogle_ad_client = \"ca-pub-1408583772585547\";\n\/* SMW - News Links *\/\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"3490797620\";\ngoogle_ad_width = 468;\ngoogle_ad_height = 15;\n\/\/-->\n<\/script><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/stockmarketwatch.com\/metal\/gold-price.aspx\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"4\" title=\"gold price today\">Gold prices<\/a> edged higher on Monday after trading in a tight range for most of the day. <a href=\"https:\/\/thestockmarketwatch.com\/metal\/silver-price.aspx\">Silver prices<\/a>, meanwhile, rose sharply on Monday. Platinum prices rose sharply for third straight session amid worries over supply.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"more-32716\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Gold futures for delivery in December on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange settled higher at $1,623 an ounce, the highest settlement price since mid-June, according to data from FactSet. The precious metal touched an intra-day high of $1,624.50 an ounce.<\/p>\n<p>Gold prices once again traded in a tight range as investors wait for clues on further monetary easing from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.knowfinance.com\/federal-reserve-system-fed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Federal Reserve<\/a>. Investors are hoping that the Fed will hint at further monetary easing during the central banks\u2019 meeting in Jackson Hole at the end of this month.<\/p>\n<p>Platinum prices surged for third consecutive tension amid concerns over supply due to violence at Lonmin PLC\u2019s mine in South Africa. Platinum for October delivery rose 1.7% to settle at $1,461 an ounce on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Palladium also gained, with September futures for the metal settling 0.4% higher at $607.70 an ounce.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/stockmarketwatch.com\/metal\/silver-price.aspx\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"5\" title=\"silver price today\">Silver<\/a> prices rallied on Monday, with silver for delivery in September adding 2.1% to $28.59 an ounce.<\/p>\n<p>In late trading on Monday, the iShares Silver Trust (ETF) (<a href=\"https:\/\/thestockmarketwatch.com\/stock.aspx?stock=SLV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NYSE: SLV<\/a>) was up 2.68%, the ProShares Ultra Silver (ETF) (<a href=\"https:\/\/thestockmarketwatch.com\/stock.aspx?stock=AGQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NYSE: AGQ<\/a>) was up 5.36%, and the ProShares UltraShort Silver (ETF) (<a href=\"https:\/\/thestockmarketwatch.com\/stock.aspx?stock=ZSL\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NYSE: ZSL<\/a>) was down 5.38%.<\/p>\n<div class=\"nr_clear\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"nrelate_popular_2\" class=\"nrelate nrelate_popular nrelate_default nr_1col nr_text\"><\/div>\n<p>\t<!--[if IE 6]>\n\t\t<script type=\"text\/javascript\">jQuery('.nrelate_default').removeClass('nrelate_default');<\/script>\n\t<![endif]--><\/p>\n<p>\t<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\t\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\t\tnRelate.domain = \"www2.thestockmarketwatch.com%2Fstock-market-news\";\n\t\tvar entity_decoded_nr_mp_url = jQuery('<span\/>').html(\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20120825051027\/http:\/\/api.nrelate.com\/mpw_wp\/0.51.2\/?tag=nrelate_popular&domain=www2.thestockmarketwatch.com%2Fstock-market-news&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww2.thestockmarketwatch.com%2Fstock-market-news%2Fgold-prices-settle-higher-silver-prices-rally%2F32716&nr_div_number=2&maxageposts=7200&increment=1\").text();\n\t\tnRelate.getNrelatePosts(entity_decoded_nr_mp_url);\n\t\/* ]]&gt; 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