August 20: Gold Gains While Silver Dips

Gold gained $5.60 to $1189.80 in Asia before it drifted back to $1184.80 it late morning New York trade, but it then jumped to a new session high of $1190.90 in afternoon trade and ended with a gain of 0.51%. Silver climbed up to $14.845 before it fell back to $14.645 and then also bounced back higher, but it still ended with a loss of 0.41%.