Gold Gains, Oil Prices Slide as Markets React to Latest Data

Gold edged higher to $4,189.33 per ounce, up 17.56 points or 0.42%. Silver also climbed, trading at $60.855 per ounce, a gain of 0.342 points or 0.57%. West Texas Intermediate crude fell 1.65 points to $92.09 per barrel, a decline of 1.76%, while Brent crude slipped 1.58 points to $105.07, down 1.48%. Copper ticked up 0.0193 points to $6.7663 per pound, a 0.29% rise. Aluminium dropped 4.80 points to $3,043.00 per ton, a 0.16% fall. Natural gas traded 0.008 points lower at $3.159 per MMBtu, a 0.25% decline.