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To All, Some on POG. Note paragraph 2 & 3. Cheers, Bob ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Finance - Precious Metals Report for Tuesday, November 04, 1997 In alliance with Money Online at money.com ***************************ADVERTISEMENT*************************** ÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿ VICKERS WEEKLY INSIDER - FREE TRIAL OFFER ÿÿ Protect the value of your investments. Keep track of insiders ÿ acting on "privileged information." Are they buying or selling shares of the stocks you hold? Get the unfair advantage of these ÿÿÿÿÿÿÿ reports now. Online. Weekly. FREE for 30 days at: ÿÿ investools.com ***************************ADVERTISEMENT*************************** COMEX and NYMEX precious metals futures ended mixed on moderate volumes Tuesday, with activity dampened by Gold Week industry functions in New York, traders said. "There's been some fund shortcovering in gold this week and producer activity seems to have waned a little, allowing gold to consolidate after recent weakness, but silver, basis December, seems to have run into some resistance around $4.89 and is struggling to recover from last week's sell off," Refco analyst Tim Porter said. Central banks are expected to sell a net 544 tons of their gold reserves this year, compared with disposals of about 311 tons in 1996, New York-based industry consultants, CPM Group, said in their 1997 gold market survey published Tuesday. "This would be the highest level of net sales since 1993, when central banks reduced their gold holdings by 22 million ounces (684 tons)," CPM Group managing director, Jeffrey Christian said. But bullion bankers believe the total of net central bank gold sales this year may well be closer to 800 tons. (Reuters 04:12 PM ET 11/04/97) For the full text story, seeinfobeat.com ---------------------------GOLD------------------------------ COMEX - 100 troy oz _ dollars per troy oz. ÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿ CONTRACT OPENÿÿÿ HIGHÿÿÿ LOWÿÿÿ CLOSEÿ CHANGEÿÿÿ HIGHÿÿÿ LOW Dec97ÿÿ 316.00ÿ 316.90ÿ 314.70ÿ 314.80ÿ +.40ÿÿÿ 456.50ÿ 308.30 Feb98ÿÿ 317.30ÿ 318.40ÿ 316.20ÿ 316.30ÿ +.50ÿÿÿ 424.00ÿ 309.50 Apr98ÿÿ 319.00ÿ 320.30ÿ 318.30ÿ 318.20ÿ +.60ÿÿÿ 408.40ÿ 312.00 Jun98ÿÿ 322.50ÿ 322.50ÿ 320.50ÿ 320.30ÿ +.70ÿÿÿ 470.00ÿ 312.50 Feb99ÿÿ 330.50ÿ 330.50ÿ 330.50ÿ 329.00ÿ +1.00ÿÿ 349.50ÿ 326.50 Dec00ÿÿ 352.00ÿ 352.00ÿ 352.00ÿ 352.40ÿ +2.00ÿÿ 474.50ÿ 348.50 Est. Salesÿÿÿÿÿ 32188 --------------------------SILVER------------------------------ COMEX - 5,000 troy oz. _ cents per troy oz. ÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿ CONTRACT CONTRACT OPENÿÿÿ HIGHÿÿÿ LOWÿÿÿ CLOSEÿ CHANGEÿÿÿ HIGHÿÿÿ LOW Nov97ÿÿ 483.50ÿ 483.50ÿ 483.50ÿ d482.80 +.30ÿÿÿ 483.50ÿ 483.50 Dec97ÿÿ 484.50ÿ 489.00ÿ 483.00ÿ 484.80ÿ +.30ÿÿÿ 487.00ÿ 471.00 Mar98ÿÿ 491.00ÿ 495.00ÿ 489.00ÿ 490.80ÿ +.50ÿÿÿ 573.00ÿ 432.00 May98ÿÿ 493.00ÿ 494.50ÿ 493.00ÿ 493.70ÿ +.50ÿÿÿ 564.00ÿ 437.00 Jul98ÿÿ 498.00ÿ 498.00ÿ 498.00ÿ 496.50ÿ +.50ÿÿÿ 610.00ÿ 438.00 Dec98ÿÿ 506.00ÿ 506.00ÿ 504.00ÿ 503.00ÿ +.50ÿÿÿ 752.10ÿ 448.50 Mar99ÿÿ 507.00ÿ 507.00ÿ 507.00ÿ 507.10ÿ +.10ÿÿÿ 550.00ÿ 473.00 Est. Salesÿÿÿÿÿ 20955 ----------------------HIGH GRADE COPPER----------------------- COMEX - 25,000 lbs. cents per lb. ÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿ CONTRACT CONTRACT OPENÿÿÿ HIGHÿÿÿ LOWÿÿÿ CLOSEÿ CHANGEÿÿÿ HIGHÿÿÿ LOW Nov97ÿÿ 90.00ÿÿ 91.00ÿÿ 90.00ÿÿ 90.60ÿÿ _.10ÿÿÿ 115.10ÿ 84.50 Dec97ÿÿ 89.50ÿÿ 90.65ÿÿ 89.50ÿÿ 90.30ÿÿ _.15ÿÿÿ 114.80ÿ 83.75 Jan98ÿÿ 90.00ÿÿ 90.70ÿÿ 90.00ÿÿ 90.55ÿÿ _.10ÿÿÿ 112.00ÿ 85.20 Feb98ÿÿ 90.20ÿÿ 90.50ÿÿ 90.20ÿÿ 90.30ÿÿ _.15ÿÿÿ 106.30ÿ 85.50 Mar98ÿÿ 90.00ÿÿ 90.70ÿÿ 90.00ÿÿ 90.40ÿÿ _.05ÿÿÿ 109.30ÿ 85.00 Apr98ÿÿ 90.90ÿÿ 90.90ÿÿ 90.40ÿÿ 90.40ÿÿ _.25ÿÿÿ 108.00ÿ 86.00 May98ÿÿ 90.65ÿÿ 91.00ÿÿ 90.50ÿÿ 90.60ÿÿ _.05ÿÿÿ 106.75ÿ 85.00 Jul98ÿÿ 90.50ÿÿ 91.10ÿÿ 90.50ÿÿ 90.50ÿÿ _.05ÿÿÿ 104.10ÿ 84.80 Sep98ÿÿ 91.00ÿÿ 91.20ÿÿ 90.50ÿÿ 90.40ÿÿ _.05ÿÿÿ 102.10ÿ 84.70 Dec98ÿÿ 89.60ÿÿ 91.00ÿÿ 90.45ÿÿ 90.40ÿÿ _.05ÿÿÿ 102.00ÿ 90.00 Est. Salesÿÿÿÿÿ 6178 -------------------------PALLADIUM---------------------------- NYMEX - 100 troy oz _ dollars per troy oz ÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿ CONTRACT CONTRACT OPENÿÿÿ HIGHÿÿÿ LOWÿÿÿ CLOSEÿ CHANGEÿÿÿ HIGHÿÿÿ LOW Dec97ÿÿ 208.60ÿ 210.00ÿ 208.50ÿ 209.00ÿ +.40ÿÿÿ 224.45ÿ 120.25 Mar98ÿÿ 206.50ÿ 206.50ÿ 205.00ÿ 205.50ÿ _.60ÿÿÿ 220.45ÿ 152.00 Est. Salesÿÿÿÿÿ 227 --------------------------PLATINUM---------------------------- COMEX - 50 troy oz _ dollars per troy oz. ÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿ CONTRACT CONTRACT OPENÿÿÿ HIGHÿÿÿ LOWÿÿÿ CLOSEÿ CHANGEÿÿÿ HIGHÿÿÿ LOW Jan98ÿÿ 406.50ÿ 407.50ÿ 405.00ÿ 405.70ÿ _.80ÿÿÿ 454.00ÿ 360.00 Apr98ÿÿ 403.00ÿ 403.00ÿ 400.50ÿ 401.70ÿ _.80ÿÿÿ 442.00ÿ 378.00 Est. Salesÿÿÿÿÿ 946 ------------------------------------------------------------- Get the Most Out of InfoBeat Finance! Upgrade to Outlook Express atoe.infobeat.com @jetstream.net. 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