Spot gold was quoted at $3,999.81 an ounce Tuesday, taking it below the $4,000 mark after Reuters had quoted it above that threshold a day earlier, as its intraday decline reached 0.42%.
Reuters' Monday reading was $4,007.57 an ounce at 9:23 a.m. ET, as noted in EconoTimes' earlier coverage of gold above $4,000. The Monday and Tuesday prices are separate observations.

