Gold climbed as much as $7.50 to $989.95 in Asia, but it then fell back off for most of trade in London and New York and ended near its low of $961.85 with a loss of 1.79%. Silver rose $0.31 to $16.23 by late trade in Asia before it also fell back off for most of the rest of trade and ended near its low of $15.253 with a loss of 3.45%.
Euro gold fell to about €682, platinum lost $1 to $1233, and copper fell nearly 9 cents to about $2.21.
Gold and silver equities fell to see over 7% losses by early afternoon before they rallied off their lows a bit in the last couple of hours of trade, but they still ended with roughly 6% losses.
