Platinum Market Update

Elsewhere in metals trading, April platinum PLJ5, -0.49%  shed 30 cents to $1,189.60 an ounce. June palladium PAM5, -0.54% rose 55 cents to $831.65 an ounce. 

May copper HGK5, +0.24%  fell 4.1 cents to $2.657 a pound.

Gold Market Update

Gold futures rang up a consecutive loss on Tuesday as investors digested a spate of economic reports from a busy week of economic indicators, which culminates with the Friday jobs report.

Gold for April delivery GCJ5, +0.07%  fell by $3.80, or 0.3%, to settle at $1,204.40 an ounce on Comex, while May silver SIK5, -0.16%  settled down 15.5 cents, or 0.9%, to $16.296 an ounce after a 0.7% loss a day earlier.

Current Market Update

Tokyo (Nikkei Average NIK, -0.76% ) down 0.7% 
Hong Kong (Hang Seng Index HSI, -0.32% ) down 0.3% 
Shanghai (Shanghai Composite Index SHCOMP, -0.16% ) down 0.2% (at break) 
Sydney (S&P/ASX 200 XJO, -0.47% ) down 0.5% 
Seoul (Kospi SEU, -0.05% ) down 0.1%
Mumbai (Sensex 1, +1.01% ) up 1.2% 
Taipei (Taiex Y9999, +0.08% ) up 0.2%