Gold Slips 0.3% as European Stocks and Oil Prices Decline

Gold fell 0.3% to $4,157.84 an ounce at 9 p.m. ET Monday, Oct. 12 (01:00 UTC Tuesday), as European equity indexes and oil prices also declined.

Silver dropped 0.26% to $59.894 an ounce. The dollar rose 0.01% against the offshore Chinese yuan to 6.69474 and fell 0.04% against the yen to 158.493.

The Euro Stoxx 50 declined 0.29% to 6,187.85, while the FTSE 100 slipped 0.02% to 10,638.9. Germany’s DAX 40 fell 0.09% to 25,208.4.

In energy markets, West Texas Intermediate crude declined 0.13% to $94.28 a barrel. Brent crude fell 0.15% to $108.54.