MW: Gold, silver climb, poised to end the week higher
By Myra P. Saefong
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Gold and silver futures climbed Friday morning, with both metals poised to end the week higher as a decline in the U.S. dollar helped lure investors to the precious metals market. June gold GCM11 +0.38% was up $6.60, or 0.4%, at $1,537.80 an ounce on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange. July silver SIN11 +2.06% tacked on $1.12, or 2.4%, to $48.66 an ounce. The U.S. dollar index DXY -0.07% was at 73.060, down from 73.111 in late U.S. trade Thursday.
