[clari.biz.commodity] Gold, Silver and Platinum

clarinews@clarinet.com (02/03/90)

	   NEW YORK (UPI) -- Foreign and domestic gold, silver, platinum &
palladium prices quoted in dollars per troy ounce Friday:
                               _G_o_l_d
_L_o_n_d_o_n
Previous close fix    416.25 up  3.50
Morning fixing        417.35 up  1.10
Afternoon fixing      417.95 up  1.70
Close                 417.25 up  1.00
Paris                  418.66 up  4.83
Zurich                 418.00 up  2.00
Hong Kong              417.35 up  3.30
_N_e_w_ _Y_o_r_k
Comex spot close       418.20 up  0.20
Republic cash          418.25 unchanged
Handy and Harman       417.95 up  2.15
	Engelhard Corp. quoted a base price for refining, settling and
unfabricated gold of 419.31 up 2.15 per troy ounce. Selling price,
fabricated gold 440.28 up 2.26 per troy ounce.
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                              _S_i_l_v_e_r
Comex spot close         5.307 up 0.01
Republic cash            5.325 up 0.02
	Handy and Harman quoted silver at 5.285 per fine ounce up 0.02
	Engelhard Corp. quoted a base price for industrial silver of 5.315
up 0.015 and a price for fabricated silver products of 5.687 up 0.016
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                             _P_l_a_t_i_n_u_m
	Engelhard Corp. quoted a base price for bullion platinum of 510.00
off 2.00 per troy ounce and a price for fabricated platinum of 610.00
off 2.00.
                            _P_a_l_l_a_d_i_u_m
	Engelhard Corp. quoted a base price for bullion palladium of 136.50
off 0.50 per troy ounce and a price for fabricated palladium of 151.50
off 0.50.
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closing price.)