[Precious Metal] Scrap gold and silver rally, Platinum unchanged on July 29, 2015

Published: Jul 30, 2015 17:52
Scrap gold and silver prices ended marginally higher, whereas platinum scrap remained flat over the previous day on July 29th, 2015

By  Paul Ploumis 30 Jul 2015  Last updated at  06:03:27 GMT

SEATTLE (Scrap Monster): The daily scrap gold prices - both hallmarked  and non- hallmarked edged higher from previous day on Wednesday, 29th July this year on the ScrapMonster Price Index. The Silver scrap prices also gained. However, the prices of Platinum scrap remained flat over the day.

In the Hallmarked category, the 14 carat gold scrap prices went higher by $ 0.66 per Oz. The prices of 18 carat and 22 carat gold scrap also went higher by $ 0.84 per Oz and $ 1.02 per Oz respectively. 9 carat gold scrap prices increased by $ 0.42 per Oz. The price of Platinum scrap remained flat at $ 711.62 per Oz. Silver scrap prices edged higher marginally by $0.06 per Oz over the previous day.

In the Non-Hallmarked category, the 14 carat gold scrap prices went higher by $ 0.61 per Oz. The prices of 18 carat and 22 carat gold scrap too went up by $ 0.79 and $ 0.97 per Oz respectively.9 carat gold scrap also increased by $ 0.40 per Oz. The price of Platinum scrap remained unchanged over the day. Meantime, Silver scrap prices increased slightly by $0.05 per Oz during the day.

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