US precious metals end with strong gains as equities waiver

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Washington—US precious metals closed with sizeable gains Wednesday as mixed third-quarter earnings kept equities and the dollar in check. COMEX gold for December delivery, the active month, closed $8.20/oz higher at $1,495.70/oz after rising gradually in London and early New York trading to the $1,499/oz level. The market came off around 10 am EDT and eased into the close. Uncertainty over the outcome of Brexit helped support gold, analysts said. British lawmakers on Tuesday rejected Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s short deadline to leave the European Union.