The market is very volatile since gold climbed above $600 as speculators are keen to take profits on rallies, while there is plenty of bargain-hunting demand when it approaches $600.

A lot of short-term funds have been shifting heavily into gold and other commodities since the start of the new quarter.

Strong crude oil prices were generally lifting sentiment in the precious metals market.

Not a great way to start your Monday, no, not at all.

No, first time I noticed it. Not to happy with that -- $50 I could've saved for something else.

As to those who hoard gold and silver and spend it not in God's path, give them, then, the tidings of a painful agony: on a day when these things shall be heated in hell-fire, and their foreheads, and their sides, and their backs shall be branded therewith.