Gold Market Update

Gold and Precious Metals Weekly (06/08/2009)
"Gold fell 2.4% last week to $955.25/oz as the U.S. dollar rallied from a short-term oversold position assisted by the smallest drop in payroll jobs since September 2008. Speculative net long positions increased 7.9% to 204,883 contracts, up from 189,924 the week previous. SPDR Gold Trust holdings rose to 1,132.15 tons from 1,118.76 tons.

The S&P/TSX Global Gold Index decreased 5.3% last week to 323. The best weekly performers were: Gammon Gold (+6.1%, BUY), Aurizon Mines (+0.8%, Not rated) and (-1.2%, Not rated). The weakest performers were Red Back (-13.9%, BUY), Gold Fields (-10.1%, Not rated) and Harmony (-9.0%, Not rated).

The Sr./Int. P/NAV decreased by 3.2% to 1.57 (@5%/spot gold), more comfortably within our expected (1 standard deviation) range of 1.37–1.65."

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