The Metals:

Gold edged up to $1245.60 in Asia before it dropped back to $1238.40 in early afternoon New York trade and then bounced back higher into the close, but it still ended with a loss of 0.03%. Silver slipped to as low as $15.743 and ended with a loss of 0.06%.

Euro gold fell to about �1060, platinum lost $4 to $822, and copper dropped a penny to about $2.76.

Gold and silver equities ended slightly lower in mixed trade.

The Economy:

Empire State Index Falls in July  Investing

Business inventories rise; sales gain biggest in 8 months  CNBC

Strong U.S. retail sales brighten economic outlook  Reuters

Tomorrow brings Industrial production, Capacity utilization, Jerome Powell testimony, and the Home builders' index.

The Markets:

Oil fell over 4% on talk over the possible release of oil from global reserves.

The U.S. dollar index fell along with treasuries ahead of this week�s Jerome Powell testimony.

The Dow, Nasdaq, and S&P held near unchanged on earnings uncertainty and trade tensions.

Among the big names making news in the market today were Deutsche Bank, Bitcoin, BlackRock, Amazon, Bank of America, Uber, Tesla, and Salesforce.

GATA Posts:

The explosive questions the gold riggers won't answer -- and the press won't ask

The Statistics:

As of close of business: 7/13/2018

Global Gold ETF Holdings

[WGC Sponsored ETF�s]

 Note: No change in Total Tonnes from yesterday�s data.

COMEX Gold Trust (IAU) Total Tonnes in Trust: 264.34: -0.77 change from yesterday�s data.

Silver Trust (SLV) Total Tonnes in Trust: 10,163.12: No change from yesterday�s data.

The Miners:

Agnico�s (AEM) projects update, Gold Resource�s (GORO) second quarter production results and drill results, McEwen�s (MUX) second quarter production results, Randgold�s (GOLD) worker strike, and Fortuna�s (FSM) second quarter production results were among the big stories in the gold and silver mining industry making headlines today.

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