April 12: Gold and Silver Gain Almost 1% While Dollar Drops on Trump Talk

Gold saw slight gains in Asia and London and jumped up to $1277.90 by a little before 8:30AM EST before it dropped back to $1272.40 in the next hour of trade, but it then shot back higher into the close and ended near its late session high of $1283.60 with a gain of 0.7%. Silver rose to as high as $18.439 and ended with a gain of 0.82%.