[ID:nLM198986] * Spot palladium XPD= was at $232.00 an ounce, up 0.7percent from its previous finish. * Palladium prices to range from $170 to $325 an ounce -GFMS. PALLADIUM * June palladium PAM9 closed up $3.20, or 1.4 percent, at$235.70 an ounce. [ID:nLM198986] * Spot platinum XPT= at $1,174.00 an ounce, down 0.4percent from its late Thursday quote. * Platinum seen trading in range of $900 to $1,375 an ouncein 2009 - GFMS. PLATINUM * NYMEX July platinum PLN9 ended down $4.00 at $1,184.00an ounce on profit taking ahead of the weekend.
* Spot silver XAG= was at $12.87 an ounce, up 1.0 percentfrom its previous finish * The London silver fix XAGFIX= at $12.780 an ounce. SILVER * COMEX May silver SIK9 finished up 16.5 cents, or 1.3percent, at $12.920 an ounce, following gold's rally * Ranged between $12.650 and $12.940 * COMEX estimated final futures volume at 29,201 lots. * Spot gold XAU= traded at $912.10 an ounce at 3:11 p.m.EDT (1911 GMT), up 1.1 percent from its late Thursday quote inNew York * The London afternoon gold fix XAUFIX= was $907.50 anounce. * COMEX estimated final futures volume at 77,210 lots, andoptions turnover at 8,620 lots.
[ID:nN24389484] * The IMF last year approved the sale of 403 tonnes of goldfrom its stocks of 3,217 tonnes (103.4 million ounces) as partof a plan to put its finances on a sounder footing and createan endowment with the proceeds. * China's confirmation of its gold holdings was notsurprising given the broad rise in all the country's reserves -John Lipsky, first deputy managing director of theInternational Monetary Fund. * One would expect China would have bought more, and itindicated that China's reserve has exploded, not that it wassuddenly buying at a much higher gold allocation level - JonNadler, senior analyst at Kitco Bullion Dealers. * China is protecting its huge currency risk bydiversifying into gold as well as other currencies like theeuro, which is a prudent strategy - Frank Holmes, CEO of U.S.Global Investors, which manages over $2 billion of fundassets.
[ID:nN24389484] * China's announcement indicated global monetaryauthorities, not just investment funds, are viewing gold withstronger interest - Jeffrey Christian, managing director of CPMGroup. * China revealed on Friday that it had secretly raised itsgold reserves by three-quarters since 2003, increasing itsholdings to 1,054 tonnes and confirming years of speculation ithad been buying. * Ranged from $904.20 to $915.40 -- which marked itshighest price since April 1. GOLD * Gold for June delivery GCM9 settled up $7.50 at $914.10an ounce on the COMEX division of New York MercantileExchange. gold futures endedhigher on Friday after China said its gold reserves have risensharply, prompting fresh investment flows by funds into theyellow metal For the latest detailed report, click on [GOL/]. NEW YORK, April 24 (Reuters) - U.S. Visit MULTIMEDIA ELEMENTS* Aerosmith Photo* Tour video clip* Aerosmith Facebook page* Aerosmith MySpace page* Aerosmith iLike pageFor Aero Force One/Paid, Inc.:Julie Shepherd, Accentuate Copyright Business Wire 2009.
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