UNITED STATES April 15 2015 10:10 AM
NEW YORK (Scrap Register): United States scrap gold prices declined on Tuesday in line with COMEX gold prices, but up from solid losses that saw prices hit a two-week low in early trading.
As per Scrap Register Price Index, the prices of 9ct Gold Scrap hallmarked declined to $ 436.1 an ounce and 14ct Gold Scrap hallmarked traded down at $ 680.316 an ounce on Tuesday.
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The prices of 9ct Gold Scrap non-hallmarked declined to $ 412.497 an ounce on Tuesday and 14ct Gold Scrap non-hallmarked traded down at $ 643.495 an ounce.
The most active June gold contract on the COMEX division of the New York Mercantile Exchange settled down $6.90 at $$1,192.50 an ounce on Tuesday.
Gold prices recovered about half of the losses seen earlier Tuesday when a weaker-than-expected US retail sales report and an ensuing sharp drop in the US dollar index provided an upside lift to the metals.
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