Platinum Market Update

Elsewhere in metals trading, April platinum PLJ5, +0.05%  declined by $18.60, or 1.6%, to $1,130 an ounce, while June palladium PAM5, +0.12% lost $18.85, or 2.3%, to $804.10 an ounce.

May copper HGK5, +0.27%  shed 4.7 cents, or 1.7%, to settle at $2.624 a pound.

Gold Market Update

Gold futures on Tuesday took a hit from a rally in the U.S. dollar, with prices for the precious metal logging their lowest settlement since November.


  • Gold for April delivery GCJ5, +0.14% lost $6.40, or 0.6%, to settle at $1,160.10 an ounce on Comex. That was the lowest settlement since Nov. 12, based on the most-active contracts. May silver SIK5, +0.17%  also fell 14.3 cents, or 0.9%, to end at $15.633 an ounce.

Current Market Update


Tokyo (Nikkei Average NIK, +0.53% ) up 0.5% (at break) 
Hong Kong (Hang Seng Index HSI, -0.21% ) down 0.3% 
Shanghai (Shanghai Composite Index SHCOMP, +0.30% ) up 0.7% 
Sydney (S&P/ASX 200 XJO, -0.63% ) down 0.4%
Seoul (Kospi SEU, -0.29% ) down 0.5% 
Taipei (Taiex Y9999, +0.10% ) down 0.1%