Gold futures keep on sliding away from $900 (U.S.) yesterday as the safe-haven allure of the metal dims amid bullishness in other markets. June gold dropped $3 to settle at $888.20 an ounce on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange.


CLOSING PRICES (SPOT)

Gold US$/troy ounce 885.38 -3.44

Silver US$/troy ounce 12.46 0.08

Copper US$/lb 2.04 0.03

Lead US$/lb 0.61 0.00

Zinc US$/lb 0.66 0.02

Aluminum US$/lb 0.67 0.01

Nickel US$/lb 5.26 -0.01

Copper recovered back above the $2,00 US price and Nickel is still holding around the $5.00 + US mark.