Friday, May 20, 2011

Eldorado Gold (EGO) Trades Higher on Economic Weakness

Eldorado Gold Corporation (NYSE:EGO) was able to trade in positive territory on Thursday even as gold prices closed down on the day.

Gold for June delivery closed down $3.40, or 0.2 percent, at $1,492.40 a troy ounce on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange.

Silver prices ended the session down. July delivery for silver fell 16.5 cents, or 0.5 percent, to $34.932 a troy ounce.

The ICE Futures' dollar index was down 0.5 percent at 75.106. The U.S. dollar was down against most of its major peers at the end of trading Thursday.

Extremely bad news on Obama's economy pressured the commodity sector.

July contracts had copper falling 5.25 cents to settle at $4.0525 a pound and platinum dropped $10.90 to $1,769 an ounce. June palladium settled down $9.05 at $728.15 an ounce.

Housing sales and manufacturing data revealed an ongoing weak and fragile American economy.

Eldorado Gold Corporation is an international gold producer with five mines operating at this time and two others under construction. The company has a goal of producing 1.5 million ounces of gold on an annual basis by 2015. It operates in China, Brazil, Turkey and Greece. The company also has exposure to iron.

Eldorado Gold Corporation (NYSE:EGO) closed Thursday at $15.48, gaining $0.36, or 2.38 percent.

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