Although gold futures hit a new yearly high of $1788.60 in trading today, as of 4:48 PM EST gold futures are currently down by $5.40 and fixed at $1755.90. The lower pricing is occurring during a day of dollar weakness, with the U.S.

It is been another extremely volatile day for gold futures.

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