Gold modestly up in choppy trading supported by big drop in USDX
Gold modestly up in choppy trading, supported by big drop in USDX Gold prices are mildly higher in midday trading Thursday, on a choppy and two-sided trading day. Solid losses in the U.S. dollar index today are prompting some buying interest in the precious metals markets. A U.S. GDP report that was downbeat and which fell into the camp of the U.S. monetary policy doves, who want the Federal Reserve to hold off on tapering its monetary policy stimulus, was…