By Scott Hamilton - Feb. 10 (Bloomberg) -- U.K. factory output prices rose in January at the fastest pace in nine months as manufacturers raised prices of alcohol, petroleum products and clothing. Read More
By Debarati Roy - Feb 7 (Bloomberg) -- Gold futures jumped the most in a week as the dollar’s drop to the lowest in almost two months bolstered demand for the precious metal as an alternative investment. Read More
By Glenys Sim - Feb. 6 (Bloomberg) -- Gold holdings in exchange-traded products backed by the precious metal expanded for a fourth day on Feb. 3 to 2,385.664 metric tons, data compiled by Bloomberg show. The assets are within 0.3 percent of a Dec. 13 record. Read More
By Glenys Sim - Feb. 6 (Bloomberg) -- Gold for April delivery dropped for a second day on the Comex in New York, falling as much as 0.6 percent to $1,729.30 an ounce, before trading at $1,730 an ounce at 7:02 a.m. Singapore time. Cash gold was little changed at $1,727.40 an ounce. Read More
By Joe Richter - Feb. 6 (Bloomberg) -- Speculators raised bullish bets on commodities to a 12-week high on signs that global growth will boost demand at a time when shortages are forecast for everything from copper to palladium to cocoa. Read More
By Glenys Sim - Feb. 6 (Bloomberg) -- Gold climbed, rebounding from its largest decline in more than five weeks, as lower prices spurred demand and holdings in exchange-traded products expanded to the highest level since Dec. 14. Read More
By Bloomberg News - Feb. 2 (Bloomberg) -- Gold output in China for 2011 rose 5.89% from a year earlier to 360.957 tons, according to a statement posted on the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology’s website today. Read More
By Claudia Carpenter - Feb. 2 (Bloomberg) -- Commodities may “bottom out” in the second quarter when government steps to boost growth in China will boost prices, JPMorgan Chase & Co. said. Read More
By Debarati Roy - Feb. 1 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. Mint sold 127,000 ounces of American Eagle gold coins last month, the most in a year, as prices for the metal had the biggest gain in five months. Read More
By Debarati Roy and Nicholas Larkin - Feb. 1 (Bloomberg) - Gold futures in New York climbed to the highest price in almost eight weeks as Europe’s lingering debt crisis and a weaker dollar spurred demand for the precious metal as an alternative asset. Read More
