Platinum Market Update

Elsewhere in metals trading, April platinum PLJ5, +0.31%  fell $14.60, or 1.3%, to end at $1,115.40 an ounce, while June palladium PAM5, +0.14% lost $14.70, or 1.8%, to $789.40 an ounce.

May copper HGK5, +0.06%  shed 1.8 cents, or 0.7%, to $2.606 a pound.

Gold Market Update

Gold futures fell on Wednesday with the U.S.dollar’s continued climb sinking prices for the yellow metal to their lowest level since early November.

Gold for April delivery GCJ5, +0.10% fell $9.50, or 0.8%, to settle at $1,150.60 an ounce on Comex. Based on the most-active contracts, prices haven’t settled at a level this low since Nov. 6. May silver SIK5, +0.49%  dropped 26.8 cents, or 1.7%, to end at $15.365 an ounce.

Current Market Update


Tokyo (Nikkei Average NIK, +1.36% ) up 1.4% 
Hong Kong (Hang Seng Index HSI, +0.43% ) up 0.3% 
Shanghai (Shanghai Composite Index SHCOMP, +1.35% ) up 1.4% (at break) 
Sydney (S&P/ASX 200 XJO, +0.94% ) up 0.9% 
Seoul (Kospi SEU, +0.34% ) up 0.3% 
Mumbai (Sensex 1, +0.73% ) up 0.5% 
Taipei (Taiex Y9999, +0.76% ) up 0.8%