Gold, Silver Prices Rebound

The Street, Alix Steel

Gold and silver prices were rising Wednesday, erasing earlier losses on safe haven buying as stocks tanked and U.S. inflation heated up.

Gold for August delivery was adding $5.90 to $1,530.30 an ounce at the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange. The gold price has traded as high as $1,535.70 and as low as $1,514.50 while the spot gold price was adding $5.80, according to Kitco's gold index.

Silver prices were adding $0.9 to $35.51 an ounce while the U.S. dollar index was up 0.81% at $75.03 as the euro tanked more than 1%. The euro was plummeting as Eurozone leaders couldn't decide on the private sector's responsibility in another bailout for Greece. Riots were also exploding across the debt-laden country as people protested austerity measures, a requirement for more bailout cash.

"Gold and silver are being support by this whole nervousness from investors about the Greek situation in Europe," says Will Rhind, head of U.S. operations for ETF Securities. "A sovereign default or restructuring would be a major event" despite the fact it is already all over the news.

A stronger dollar wasn't keeping gold and silver prices down as the metals gained also on U.S. inflation worries. Consumer prices rose 3.6% in May year-over-year and core prices, which excludes energy and food, rose 1.5% year-over-year. Both numbers were hotter than expected.

To top off the bad news in the U.S., stocks were getting hammered after Tuesday's rally and as manufacturing activity in the New York region slowed in June. Industrial production for May also grew less than expected.