May 5: Gold and Silver End Near Unchanged Before Jobs Day

Gold gained $6.92 to $1286.12 at about 9AM EST before it fell back to $1269.46 in early afternoon New York trade, but it then bounced back higher into the close and ended with a loss of just 0.15%. Silver rose to as high as $17.633 before it fell back to $17.242, but it also edged back higher in late trade and ended unchanged on the day.

Chris Mullen