Friday, May 20, 2011

Minefinders (MFN) Trades Up While Silver Prices Fall

Minefinders Corp. Ltd. (AMEX:MFN) traded down as silver prices fell on Thursday.

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

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.

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.

Terrible 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.

Minefinders Corporation Ltd. participates in the exploration, development, and mining of precious and base metal properties.

Minefinders Corp. Ltd. (MFN) closed Thursday at $9.47, gaining $0.02, or 0.21 percent.

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