Gold futures end at highest since March

San Francisco (July 2)  Gold futures settled higher on Wednesday, with prices marking their highest close since March. Traders were reluctant to sell the metal ahead of Thursday's much-anticipated monthly U.S. jobs report and the long holiday weekend. August gold  GCQ4 +0.26%   tacked on $4.30, or 0.3%, to settle at $1,330.90 an ounce on Comex. Tracking the most-active contracts, that was the highest settlement price since March 21.

Spot silver was up 18 cents  to $21.23 at 2:10pm EST. And Platinum added $5 to $1508, while palladium jumped $4 to $856.

Source: MarketWatch