NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Gold and other metals futures rallied Monday, getting a boost from soaring oil prices, weakness in the U.S. dollar and President-elect Barack Obama's pledge of massive new infrastructure investment to buoy the U.S. economy. Gold for February delivery rose $17.10 to end at $769.30 an ounce on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Earlier, the contract hit an intraday high of $782.80 an ounce in electronic trading on Globex.
