Gold climbed to as high as $1253.85 in London before it fell all the way to $1238.04 in early New York trade after the jobs report was released, but it then rallied back higher for most of the rest of trade and ended with a loss of just 0.16%. Silver fell to as low as $19.41 by about 9AM EST, but it then stormed to a 30 month high of $19.91 by midday and ended with a gain of 1.69%. Silver

Gold climbed to as high as $1253.85 in London before it fell all the way to $1238.04 in early New York trade after the jobs report was released, but it then rallied back higher for most of the rest of trade and ended with a loss of just 0.16%. Silver fell to as low as $19.41 by about 9AM EST, but it then stormed to a 30 month high of $19.91 by midday and ended with a gain of 1.69%. Silver

Gold climbed to as high as $1253.85 in London before it fell all the way to $1238.04 in early New York trade after the jobs report was released, but it then rallied back higher for most of the rest of trade and ended with a loss of just 0.16%. Silver fell to as low as $19.41 by about 9AM EST, but it then stormed to a 30 month high of $19.91 by midday and ended with a gain of 1.69%. Silver

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Palladium futures spiked by more than 3% on Wednesday, driving a rebound rally in the mining sector.

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Striking South African state workers will vote on Tuesday on an increased wage offer made by the government to try to end a nearly three-week-old strike, the COSATU union federation said.

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