U.S. equities once again traded under tremendous pressure, down almost 800 points at the intraday low today. The Dow Jones Industrial Average has traded to a low which amounted to a 1,500 point drop this week before recovering in the afternoon session.

As of 5:15 Eastern Standard Time, gold futures are fixed at $1,242.80, which is a net decline of $3.80 (-0.31%) on the day. After trading above $1,246 yesterday, gold pricing found resistance at the 50% Fibonacci retracement and began to trade lower.

Within the final 10 minutes of trading, as traders watched the U.S. equities markets close, the Dow Jones industrial average plunged almost 800 points as it traded to an intraday low today of 25,008.