Gold Remained Steady Wednesday After USD Cooled Its Rally

 | Dec 11, 2014 01:56AM ET

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Crude oil plunged on Wednesday after data revealed that U.S. stockpiles took an unexpected rise last week, while an OPEC decision to trim its demand forecasts beaten the commodity as well. The U.S. Energy Information Administration said in its weekly report that U.S. crude oil inventories increased by 1.5 million barrels in the week ended Dec. 5, confounding expectations for a decline of 2.5 million barrels.