Precious Metals Mixed, But Gold Extends Short-Term Uptrend

 | Apr 06, 2020 08:53AM ET

The gold futures contract gained 0.49% on Friday, as it retraced more of the short-term decline following bouncing off $1,700 level in late March. The yellow metal is slowly getting back to the March 9 medium-term high of $1,704.30 again. Mounting pandemic fears are supporting the demand side and gold is acting as a safe haven asset. For now, it looks like a consolidation within an uptrend Gold is gaining 1.4% this morning, as it is extending its short-term uptrend. What about the other precious metals? Silver lost 1.09% on Friday and today it is 2.5% higher. Platinum lost 1.63% on Friday and today it is up 1.1%. Palladium lost 0.74% on Friday and today it trades 3.6% lower. So precious metals prices are mixed this morning.