Silver

It was a choppy end to 2013 as metals saw a broad based decline over the year of 28%. Precious metals have succumbed to selling pressure as Exchange Traded Funds (ETF) holders liquidated in favour of equities.  ETF holdings have fallen back to levels last seen in 2008 before the global crisis. Investors lost faith in the metal as a store of value as equities rallied and an economic recovery prompted the Federal Reserve to pare its $85 billion in monthly bond. Gold fell to a year low of $1182, before recovering slightly to traded and close the year at $1202.

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Precious metals gained on renewed hopes of a Greece resolution as Greece's lenders have decided on new ways to reduce its massive debt.

Precious metals traded lower in the early part of the North American session as fears of global growth after the release of disappointing economic data yesterday.

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Precious metals traded higher ahead of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting slated for September 12-13 and taking currency cues with the Euro pushing to 1.2871.

It was a relatively quiet day on the metals markets as spot gold traded in a narrow range with a  slight bias to the upside. The major focus is on the FOMC meeting slated for September 12-13. The yellow metal moved higher in early trade to $1738 as the Euro strengthened vs. the green back.

Spot gold was looking like it could breach $1530, but a late day turn around saw buyers push the metal back above $1560.

Spain was the major focus as both Italian and Spanish bonds slumped on Wednesday amid growing fears over the cost of propping up Spain's fragile banking sector. The euro/usd pair has not found any type of floor as the single currency plummeted to below 1.2400 for the first time in almost 2 years. Spain’s ailing banking sector and soaring borrowing costs has investors nervous and jittery.

Volatility remains high as spot gold saw wild swings from positive to negative. The metal rallied to $1671, before turning; as US ISM data was positive; lower to $1660.

On the final trading day of April we saw volatility. Spot gold retreated to $1645, only to bounce back to trade above key support at $1650.

Spot gold started the week off firm before mixed US data and a softer Euro took the metal off of its highs at $1665. The metal recovered by late afternoon to trade above $1650. It was mostly thin volumes as China and Japan are out due to holidays. The euro slipped to 1.3205 on further uncertainty in the eurozone as Spain has fallen back into recession.

The reoccurring theme of lackluster U.S data emerged once again.  Spot gold rallied to new 2 week highs of $1668 on the heels of this poor data.