Gold’s drop contrasted with gains in European equities and oil in a late Wednesday snapshot.
Gold’s 9 p.m. ET Wednesday quote was $4,113.01 an ounce, 0.7% lower; the corresponding time was 01:00 UTC Thursday. Silver was at $57.243 an ounce, down 0.09%.
The snapshot put Germany’s DAX40 at 25,558.6 (+0.02%), the FTSE 100 at 10,704.7 (+0.47%) and the Euro Stoxx 50 at 6,195.06 (+0.83%).
West Texas Intermediate crude was at $99.27 a barrel after rising 0.48%; Brent reached $111.44, up 0.19%. The dollar slipped 0.03% against the offshore Chinese yuan to 6.67252, while it gained 0.02% against the yen to 158.17.
