Tuesday, 5/11/2021 14:42
GOLD and SILVER PRICES fell Tuesday alongside stock markets, bond prices and many commodities, falling back to $1820 and $27.20 per ounce ahead of tomorrow's much-hyped US inflation data.
With falling bond prices driving longer-term interest rates higher across Western economies, both US and European crude oil prices fell 1.3% for the day despite East Coast gas stations the world's largest economy "running dry" amid the continued shutdown of a major pipeline.
Germany's 10-year borrowing cost jumped to its least negative since March 2020 above -0.16%, and 10-year UK Gilt yields added 10 basis points for the week so far at 0.85% per annum.
Copper rose to yet another all-time high, more than doubling from this time last year, while iron ore jumped another 5% to set its own new records.