MW: Gold keeps near intraday record; oil falls 0.5%
By Claudia Assis
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Gold futures hovered close to an intraday record Wednesday as investors awaited official word on the jobs picture on Friday. Gold for December delivery GC1Z +1.70% rose $24, or 1.5%, to trade at $1,668 an ounce on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange. It traded as high as $1675.90 an ounce earlier, the highest mark ever for the metal. Crude oil went the other way, with the September contract CL1U -0.46% down 39 cents, or 0.4%, to trade at $93.36 a barrel on Nymex. Both commodities kept their course after a private-sector employment report came in better than expected.
