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Crude oil pushes toward $96
NEW YORK, May 9 (UPI) -- Gold prices dropped again Wednesday, sliding below $1,600 and hitting their lowest point of the year on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange.
As the dollar index rose and equities headed south, gold shed $10.30 to $1,594.20 per troy ounce. That's the lowest since Dec. 30 when it was at $1,565.30.
Silver shed 21 cents to $29.24 per ounce.
The dollar index rose 0.36 percent to 80.15 on the International Exchange, although the greenback was mixed in Asia and Europe.
The euro fell to $1.2934 from Tuesday's $1.3007. Against the yen, the dollar fell to 79.64 yen from 79.87 yen.
The British pound rose to $1.6131 from $1.6128. The dollar fell to 1.0023 Canadian dollars from 1.0024 Canadian.
The dollar dropped against the Hong Kong dollar, trading at 7.7633 from 7.7637. The Australian dollar fell to $1.0042 from $1.0051.
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TEL AVIV, Israel, May 17 (UPI) --
mid growing concerns about security threats from Syria and Iran, Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has greatly reduced planned defense budget cuts.
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