PRECIOUS METALS: Comex Gold Pauses On EU Downgrade Concern

| January 14, 2012

–Comex February gold recently fell $6 to $1,641.70 a troy ounce

–Euro-zone downgrade worries weigh on euro, gold

–Futures had settled at a four-week high on Thursday

NEW YORK (Dow Jones)–Gold prices eased on Friday as cautious investors moved to the sidelines with potential euro-zone credit rating downgrades looming.

Gold futures Thursday had settled at their highest price since mid-December, buoyed by hopes that further easy-money policies in China and the European Union would increase demand for …

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