Gold traded down into settlement ending midway between the high and low for the session. The yellow metal is currently trading below its 5, 20 and 50 day moving averages indicating a short term bearish pattern but still above the 100 and 200 day moving averages.
The other metals are similarly down at midday. May silver futures settled down to $16.536 a troy ounce, April platinum futures dropped to $962.90 a troy ounce, May copper futures settled down to $3.1240 per pound, and June Palladium futures fell to $967.65 a troy ounce.
For April gold, we see near term resistance at $1,325.43 with longer term resistance at $1,330.07. With near term support at $1,315.73, and showing longer term support at $1,310.67.
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