Gold, silver sink on fund sales
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NEW YORK/LONDON  - The global flight from risk knocked gold and silver hard for a third straight day on Friday, with bullion falling below $640 an ounce for the first time in 1-1/2 months as funds and currency investors cashed out on precious metals to pay for losses in other markets.
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Exchange-traded funds offer flexibility for investing in gold.
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The shares of U.S. commercial and  investment banks fell on Tuesday after two bond rating agencies  started to downgrade billions of dollars of securities backed  by subprime bonds, triggering concerns that bond sales and  lending businesses could slow.
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U.S. stocks fell on Friday in light, choppy trading in an abbreviated session on inflation worries after the dollar slid. But the losses were partly offset by mining shares, which rose after gold prices gained.
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Copper prices fall for the second day running amid fears of falling demand from key markets in China and the US.
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Gold edged lower on Monday after President George W. Bush's plan to give the U.S. economy temporary tax cuts and other measures totaling about $150 billion failed to inspire buying.
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Europe&#39;s main stock markets sank on Tuesday, with the mining sector taking a hit from weak metals prices after a mixed overnight US showing.
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The U.S. dollar fell against other major currencies in European trading Tuesday morning. Gold fell.
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Assets of the nation's retail money market mutual funds fell by &#36;4.03 billion in the latest week to &#36;828.98 billion, the Investment Company Institute said Thursday.
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Gold bounced off a one-week low on Wednesday as bargain hunters swooped, but trading was seen volatile after a slide in Chinese shares triggered a global stock market sell-off.
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Investors are shunning stocks in favor of mutual funds.
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The dollar slipped to a record low against the euro on Monday on concerns about bloated U.S. budget and current account deficits, weighing on Asian exporters' stocks and sending gold to 16-year highs.
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Assets of the nation's retail money market mutual funds fell by &#36;1.17 billion in the latest week to &#36;849.98 trillion, the Investment Company Institute said Thursday.
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Gold mining company stocks fell on  Monday as the price of the metal dropped below $600 per ounce  for the first time in more than two months.
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Gold prices fell on Tuesday from 15-week highs scored the previous day as investors took profits ahead of the release of key U.S. data, dealers said.
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Gold fell nearly one percent on Tuesday as a drop in oil prices on healthy fuel inventories in the United States reduced the metal's appeal as a hedge against inflation, dealers said.
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Stocks fell sharply on Friday, with all three major averages down over 1 percent, as a pair of troubled Bear Stearns hedge funds stoked concerns that other investment banks may face large losses from subprime mortgages.