As of 4:30 PM Eastern Standard Time, the new most active Comex futures contract for (August 2021) is currently fixed at $1902.10 after factoring in today’s decline of $3.30.

With extremely different fundamental events influencing both gold, a precious metal, and copper, an industrial metal, both metals in terms of percentage gains had absolutely stellar performances over the last two trading months.

With only one more trading day in the month of May, gold futures have precariously clung just below $1900 per ounce. Today gold futures basis the most active June 2021 contract traded to a high of $1906.50 and a low of $1890.80.