By Claudia Assis
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Gold and oil futures added to losses Monday after the Commerce Department data showed sales of new U.S. homes fell in August, the fourth decline in a row. Gold for December delivery GC1Z -2.20% declined $43, or 2.6%, to $1,595.70 an ounce on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange. Oil for November delivery CL1X -1.62% retreated $1.55, or 1.9%, to $78.52 a barrel on Nymex. Sales fell 2.3% in August to an annual rate of 295,000 new homes, and have been falling since a peak in April.
