Investing.com – Gold prices slumped to their lowest level of the year on Thursday, as a firmer dollar dulled the appeal of the yellow metal.
Comex hit their weakest level since Dec. 27 at $1,275.65 a troy ounce. It last traded at $1,277.45 by 8:40 AM ET (13:40 GMT), down $6.55, or around 0.5%.
Meanwhile, was trading at $1,278.64 per ounce, down $4.14, or almost 0.3%.
The , which measures the greenback’s strength against a basket of six major currencies, rose to 96.29, the best level since Jan. 3.
A stronger dollar can be a negative for commodities priced in the currency, making them more expensive to users of other currencies.
Elsewhere in metals trading, lost 9.3 cents, or about 0.6%, at $15.28 a troy ounce.
, which hit a record high of $1,434.50 earlier this month, tumbled almost 1.9% to $1,283.80.
was down roughly 0.1% at $795.30.
Elsewhere, March dropped 0.5% to $2.642 a pound.
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Source: Investing.com