Platinum Market Update

Elsewhere in metals trading Monday, April platinum PLJ5, -0.36%  rose $4.30 to $1,189.90 an ounce. June palladium PAM5, -0.72%  tacked on $11.60 to $831.10 an ounce. 

May copper HGK5, -1.13%  added less than a cent to $2.6975 a pound.

Gold Market Update

Gold prices settled lower on Monday, for the first time in four trading sessions, as strength in the U.S. stock market lured investors away from the yellow metal.

Gold for April delivery GCJ5, +0.02%  fell $4.90, or 0.4%, to settle at $1,208.20 an ounce on Comex after tallying a gain of roughly 1.3% over the past three trading sessions. May silver SIK5, +0.33%  declined by 10.7 cents, or 0.7%, to $16.451 an ounce.

Current Market Update


Tokyo (Nikkei Average NIK, -0.14% ) down 0.1% 
Hong Kong (Hang Seng Index HSI, +0.02% ) flat (at break) 
Shanghai (Shanghai Composite Index SHCOMP, -0.92% ) down 0.9% (at break) 
Sydney (S&P/ASX 200 XJO, -0.67% ) down 0.7% 
Seoul (Kospi SEU, +0.11% ) up 0.1% 
Mumbai (Sensex 1, +0.04% ) up 0.1%
Taipei (Taiex Y9999, -0.12% ) down 0.2%