Platinum Market Update

Elsewhere in metals trading, April platinum PLJ5, +0.37%  shed $7.90, or 0.7%, to end at $1,181.70 an ounce. June palladium PAM5, +0.10% lost $1, or 0.1%, to $830.65 an ounce. 

May copper HGK5, +0.24%  settled nearly flat at $2.6595 a pound.

Gold Market Update

Gold futures suffered their third straight loss in a row as traders digested data on U.S. private-sector employment and looked ahead to the closely watched Friday jobs report.

Gold for April delivery GCJ5, +0.28%  fell $3.50, or 0.3%, to settle at $1,200.90 an ounce on Comex, after tapping a low of $1,197.70. May silver SIK5, +0.63%  lost 13.8 cents, or 0.9%, to $16.158 an ounce.

Current Market Update


Tokyo (Nikkei Average NIK, +0.12% ) up 0.2% 
Hong Kong (Hang Seng Index HSI, -0.57% ) down 0.6% 
Shanghai (Shanghai Composite Index SHCOMP, -1.00% ) down 1% 
Sydney (S&P/ASX 200 XJO, -0.26% ) down 0.5% 
Seoul (Kospi SEU, +0.06% ) up 0.1% 
Taipei (Taiex Y9999, -0.15% ) down 0.1%