Gold ends even in New York

Metals prices were mostly lower on Wednesday, with the exception of December gold, which traded even at $679.70 per troy ounce in New York.

September silver was down 19 cents to $12.56 per troy ounce, while October platinum fell $5.50 to trade at $1,271.50 per troy ounce.

Among base metals, December copper was 4 cents lower to $3.32 per pound in New York, while tin dropped 3.2 percent on the London Metal Exchange to $13,725 per tonne, a decline of around 17 percent in the past four sessions.

Also in London, nickel dropped by about three percent on the session and lead and zinc were also trading lower.