Gold Ends Near Steady, Recovers From Big Spike Down

(Kitco News) - Gold prices ended the U.S. day session about where they began it--near unchanged levels. However, a sudden, big spike down in prices at mid-morning created yet another buzz in the market. Gold prices did hit a three-week high overnight, on more short covering and bargain hunting. The gold and silver market bulls have gained some upside near-term technical momentum to start the new year, but have more work to do to suggest price uptrends can be sustained. February gold was last up...