Gold prices ended the U.S. day session sharply lower Thursday, in the wake of a bearishly construed FOMC statement and following an upbeat U.S. jobless claims report. Fresh chart-based selling was featured, including sell stop orders being triggered when technical support levels were breached in both gold and silver markets. June Comex gold was last down $27.20 at $1,182.80 an ounce. May Comex silver was last down $0.565 at $16.105 an ounce.
