Read Time:36 Second
Gold futures settled lower on Wednesday, then fell further in electronic trading following the release of minutes from the Federal Reserve’s June monetary policy meeting. The minutes showed that an unspecified number of Fed officials supported an interest-rate hike at the latest meeting but the vote to hold interest rates steady in the range of 5% to 5.25% was unanimous. August gold GCQ23 was at $1,926 an ounce in electronic trading. The contract had fallen by $2.40, or 0.1%, to settle at $1,927.10 an ounce on Comex Wednesday.
Market Pulse Stories are Rapid-fire, short news bursts on stocks and markets as they move. Visit MarketWatch.com for more information on this news.
Happy
0 %
Sad
0 %
Excited
0 %
Sleepy
0 %
Angry
0 %
Surprise
0 %
0
0
