MW: Crude oil keeps losses after data, gold trades up
By Claudia Assis
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Crude-oil futures held to losses Friday after a report showed a gauge of U.S. consumer confidence fell more than expected this month. Crude for July delivery CL1N -1.15% traded off $1.21, or 1.3%, to $93.74 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Gold, which had turned positive minutes before the report, kept its gains. The August contract GC1Q +0.52% added $8.30, or 0.5%, to $1,538.40 an ounce on Nymex's Comex. A Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan survey released Friday showed their consumer confidence index declined to 71.8 in early June from 74.3 in May.
