From Chris Mullen at GoldSeek.com...

With the London Gold Market closed for the UK's May Bank Holiday on Monday, Gold was choppy in Asia and then rose throughout the US session, ending near its early afternoon New York high of $873.20 with a gain 1.9% for the day.

Silver rose in similar fashion and ended near its midmorning New York high of $16.805 with a gain of 2.2%.

The Gold Price in Euros rose back above €561 Per Ounce, platinum gained $25.50 to $1918.50, and copper gained over 12 cents to about $3.98.

Oil prices shot to a new record intraday high at $120.36 on short covering as supply concerns and threats rose in Nigeria, Iraq, and Iran. Word of a possible strike in France later in the week also increased supply worries in the face of still relatively strong demand.

The US Dollar index fell in early trade on speculation over the European Central Bank meeting this Thursday. But it bounced higher after the ISM Services report came in better than expected, before falling back off to new lows as commodities of all kinds strongly reasserted their cases for ongoing bull markets.

Treasury bonds fell after that ISM Services data, but they rose back near unchanged by the close as the major indices fell. The gap between short-term & long-dated US bond yields widened further, raising the Relative Price of Long-Term Government Finance.

The Dow, Nasdaq, and S&P all fell as Microsoft withdrew its bid for Yahoo and speculation arose that Bank of America may withdraw its offer for Countrywide as suitors realize that the assets they originally bid for may not be worth all that much in an ongoing credit/financial crisis.

Gold and silver equities gained roughly 3% at the open and remained near their highs into the close.

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