May 5: Gold and Silver Fall Roughly 3% and 5% on the Week

Gold gained $7.20 to $1235.50 at about 6AM EST before it fell back to $1226.20 in early afternoon New York trade, but it then bounced back higher in the last few hours of the day and ended with a gain of 0.08%. Silver rose to as high as $16.516 before it fell back $16.226, but it then rallied back higher in afternoon trade and ended with a gain of 0.43%.