PRECIOUS-Gold holds slight gains, but firm U.S. dollar weighs

Metal Last Change Pct chg YTD pct chg Volume Spot Gold 1714.26 3.50 +0.20 9.62 Spot Silver 32.17 0.18 +0.56 16.18 Spot Platinum 1550.74 -19.26 -1.23 11.32 Spot Palladium 599.00 0.00 +0.00 -8.20 COMEX GOLD DEC2 1715.00 3.10 +0.18 9.46 6853 COMEX SILVER DEC2 32.20 0.16 +0.51 15.35 2081 Euro/Dollar 1.2930 Dollar/Yen 79.72

COMEX gold and silver contracts show the most active months

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