Gold prices ended the U.S. day session steady to slightly lower Monday, on a corrective pullback from good gains posted last Friday. A stronger U.S. dollar index Monday also squelched the gold and silver market bulls. Still, the solid upside price action in gold and silver markets Friday, including technically bullish weekly high closes, give the gold and silver bulls some momentum to begin to suggest near-term market bottoms are in place. February Comex gold was last down $0.20 at $1,186.10 an ounce. Spot gold was last down $2.60 at $1,186.40. March Comex silver last traded down $0.214 at $16.15 an ounce.
