(Kitco News) – Gold prices are modestly higher in early U.S. trading Wednesday, on some mild short covering and a bit of safe-haven buying interest. However, the still-weak near-term technical postures for gold and silver are keeping the buyers wary.

Brazilian duo Eduarda Santos Lisboa and Ana Patricia Silva Ramos won the first beach volleyball gold medal awarded at a Youth Olympic Games, defeating Canadian twins Megan and Nicole Mcnamara in three sets (17-21, 21-13, 16-14) in the women's …

Over the last week now gold has been falling lower back towards the medium term support level at $1290 however to finish out last week it fell sharply down to the previous key level at $1275. In the last 24 hours gold has surged higher but run into the …

Jajaira Gonzalez, 17, became the first boxer from the United States to win a gold medal at the Youth Olympic Games when she defeated Ciara Ginty of Ireland 3-0 in a lightweight match Tuesday in Nanjing, China. Gonzalez, from Glendora, Calif., the …

LONDON, Aug 26 (Reuters) – Gold rose on Tuesday after a pause in the dollar rally prompted a break above $1,280 an ounce that triggered chart-based buying, but gains were expected to be limited as optimism grows on the pace of the U.S. economic …

Gold investors hurting from prices within 1 percent of a two-month low can find solace from history showing the metal tends to perform best in September. The CHART OF THE DAY shows bullion averaged gains of 3 percent each September over the past 20 …

Its beaches and nightlife may still be attractive, but Bangkok's lure seems to have been replaced by Dubai's gold. According to the hotel price index survey by Hotels.com for the first half of 2014, Indian travellers prefer Dubai over Bangkok, pushing …

Gold edged higher on Wednesday, its third day of gains in four, but a lack of buying support from Asia, a strong U.S. dollar and firmer equities due to hopes of more stimulus from the European Central Bank are expected to check any big upside for the …

“The gold medal is something we've all trained for as a team and something we'd all give anything for. “We were really calm [going into the shoot-out] and we were ready because it's something we practise a lot in training, so it was very familiar to us.”.