Dec 31, 2008 04:00
Affected by investors' profit-taking ahead of New Year's Day, the price of gold futures on the COMEX Division of the New York Mercantile Exchange settled slightly lower Tuesday. Silver ended higher and platinum went down. Gold price for February delivery fell 5.30 U.S. dollars, or 0.6 percent, to 870 dollars an ounce. March silver gained 17 cents to 10.98 dollars per ounce. April platinum went down 6 dollars, settling at 917.40 dollars per ounce. When gold climbed as high as 892 ...