Gold declines more than 2% due to aversion to safe assets… and silver declines

Decreased US contracts Gold futures for April delivery rose 2.6% to $4,914.40 per ounce.

As for other precious metals, silver in spot transactions fell by 1% to $1 per ounce.

Platinum in spot transactions fell by 1.2% to $2,015.81 per ounce, while palladium fell by 2.9% to $1675.17.

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