Gold prices rise 9 days

Gold prices rise 9 days straight, for the longest since November 2009, rose pattern, due to fears that the U.S. debt crisis intensified fear and enhance the attractiveness of gold as a hedge.

Gold futures for August delivery rose $ 0.80 ounce to $ 1,590.10, up 3.1% over the week.

New York Mercantile Exchange, silver for September delivery rose 37.7 cents, or 1%, ounce to $ 39.071. This week the price of silver rose 6.9%.

Palladium for September delivery fell $ 2.70, or 0.3%, ounce to $ 780.65. Palladium prices rose 0.2 percent this week, tired.

Period of platinum for October delivery fell $ 18.80, or 1.1%, ounce to $ 1,755.50. Platinum prices rose 1.3% this week.

Copper prices four days since the first 3 degrees up, the world's second largest copper use by the country ─ the United States showing renewed confidence in the economic prospects of the signs.

New York Mercantile Exchange price of copper for September delivery closed up 3.3 cents, or 0.8 percent, closing $ 4.413 per pound. Copper was little changed this week.

London Metal Exchange (LME) 3 months after the delivery price of copper rose 42 cents, or 0.4 percent, reported $ 9,672 per ton ($ 4.39 per pound).