Gold finish Higher tracking Comex

Comex

Gold futures contracts on Bursa Malaysia Derivatives endured the uptrend to shut greater the previous day monitoring gains on New York Commodity Exchange (COMEX) gold futures.

At the close, August 2014, September 2014, October 2014 and November 2014 delivered 25 ticks every to close at RM136.20, RM136.40, RM136.90 and RM137.20 a gramme respectively.

Open positions rose to 4,644 contracts from 4,585 on Thursday whilst turnover increased to 578 lots worth RM7.90 million from 561 plenty worth RM7.60 million previously.

The bodily fee of gold was up RM1.52 to RM130.08 a gramme from RM128.56 a gramme on Thursday.