Gold suffers amid solid gains in USDX steep rise in US Treasury yields
Gold suffers amid solid gains in USDX, steep rise in U.S. Treasury yields Gold and silver prices are solidly lower in midday U.S. trading Monday, pressured by a U.S. dollar index that is solidly higher and trading near a 20-year high, and by sharply rising U.S. Treasury yields that are at multi-year highs. Gold prices did hit a five-week high overnight but those gains could not be held. August gold futures were last down $41.30 at $1,833.80. July Comex silver…