(Kitco News) – Gold prices slid lower in May as China saw the end of an eight-month streak of ETF inflows, all while wholesale demand fell sharply, but the country’s central bank continued to stock up on bullion, according to Ray Jia, research head for China at the World Gold Council (WGC).In the WGC’s latest China gold market update, Jia noted that international and domestic gold prices ended May with a modest decline.

(Kitco News) - Geopolitical uncertainty doesn’t take the weekend off, and neither will gold and oil futures as the CME prepares to launch 24/7 trading.

(Kitco News) - The gold market is holding relatively steady after the latest data showed consumer sentiment in the U.S. improving, while inflation expectations pulled back from last month’s highs.The University of Michigan announced on Friday that the preliminary reading of its Consumer Sentiment survey for June was 48.9. The data was better than expectations, as the consensus forecast of economists called for a reading of 46, and it was also above May’s final reading of 44.8.