International gold prices fell more than 0.5%, while New York copper rose 1%.

In late New York trading on Monday, spot gold fell 0.56% to $4,170.70 per ounce, edging up in early Asia-Pacific trading to $4,217.31 to refresh the daily high before declining steadily; it fluctuated at low levels for more than half of the trading session and hit a daily low of $4,154.78 at 20:38 Beijing time. Spot silver fell 0.93% to $60.2573 per ounce. COMEX copper futures rose 1.04% to $6.7615 per pound, rising continuously from early Asia-Pacific trading to midday in Europe. During the U.S. stock trading session, the Philadelphia Gold and Silver Index closed down 0.66%, the Philadelphia Stock Exchange Materials Index closed down 0.40%, and the Philadelphia Stock Exchange Metal and Mining Index closed down 0.77%. The NYSE Arca Gold Miners Index, which trades throughout the global market day, fell 0.48% to 2,534.23 points. The State Street Metals and Mining ETF closed down 1.41% at $104.85.