This afternoon at 2 PM EDT the Federal Reserve released the minutes from the July FOMC meeting which was held on the 30^th and 31^st of last month.

After trading sharply lower yesterday, gold futures have recovered after holding the key level of $1500 per ounce. Yesterday’s range took gold futures to a low of $1503.30. Today gold’s intraday low was $1503 per ounce before trading higher.

Gold futures basis the most active December contract have sold off sharply in trading today. As of 4:17 PM EDT gold futures are currently fixed at $1506 per ounce which is a net decline of $17.60 on the day.