December 21: Gold and Silver Gain on the Week While Stocks Fall the Most in 10 Years

Gold edged up to $1262.60 in Asia before it dropped back to $1256.20 in London and then bounced back above unchanged in early New York trade, but it then drifted back lower into the close and ended with a loss of 0.44%. Silver chopped between $14.777 and $14.606 and ended with a loss of 1.02%.