Platinum Market Update

In other metals, platinum for April delivery PLJ5, +0.47%  rose $4.90 to end at $1,200.50 an ounce, while March palladium PAH5, +0.58%  climbed by $7.10 to $773.65 an ounce. 

High-grade copper for March delivery HGH5, +0.54%  added 6 cents, or 2.4%, to $2.602 a pound.

Gold Market Update

Gold prices posted its first gain in three sessions, albeit a modest one, following a pullback for the U.S. dollar, disappointing economic data and news of strong demand for the metal in the fourth quarter of last year.

After settling at the lowest level in a month on Wednesday, gold for April delivery GCJ5, +0.52%  rose $1.10, or 0.1%, to settle at $1,220.70 an ounce on Comex. Prices had fallen by nearly $22 in the past two trading sessions.

March silver SIH5, +0.96%  gained 3.3 cents, or 0.2%, to $16.794 an ounce.

Current Market Update

Tokyo (Nikkei Average NIK, -0.52% ) down 0.3% 
Hong Kong (Hang Seng Index HSI, +0.90% ) up 0.9% 
Shanghai (Shanghai Composite Index SHCOMP, +1.57% ) up 1.6% (at break)
Sydney (S&P/ASX 200 XJO, +2.49% ) up 2.4% 
Seoul (Kospi SEU, +0.52% ) up 0.5% 
Mumbai (Sensex 1, +0.45% ) up 0.3% 
Taipei (Taiex Y9999, +0.38% ) up 0.4%