Platinum adds $17.50 per ounce

The price of June gold was $5.30 higher in early afternoon trade in New York on Friday, to $672.30 per troy ounce. It traded between $668.80 and $674.10 during the session up to that point.

Silver and platinum were also both higher. Silver added 17 cents to $13.31per troy ounce, and had traded between $13.14 and $13.40, while platinum was up $17.50 to $1,341.70 per troy ounce and traded between $1.336.80 and $1,342.

Among base metals, copper added 4 cents to $3.60 per pound. It traded as low as $3.58 and as high as $3.63 during the session to early afternoon.