May 17, 2011, 1:16 p.m. EDT
Gold, silver fall in commodities selloff
By Claudia Assis and Sarah Turner, MarketWatch
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Gold futures traded modestly lower Tuesday after an early rebound fizzled, with the metal feeling the pinch of a rising dollar and a selloff for other commodities.
Gold for June delivery declined $7.80, or 0.5%, to $1,482.80 an ounce on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange.
Investors are leaving commodities and other so-called riskier trades “into cash or cash-equivalent,” said Michael K. Smith, with T & K Futures in Florida. “Everybody got their selling shoes on.”
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