Feb. 10-14 Weekly Wrap-Up: Gold and Silver Gain About 4% and 7%

This week in the precious metals market:

Gold climbed to as high as $1320.35 at about 10AM EST before it chopped back lower at times, but it still ended with a gain of 1.3%. Silver surged to as high as $21.454 and ended with a gain of 4.58%.

Euro gold rose above €962, platinum gained $10 to $1424, and copper climbed slightly to about $3.26.

Gold and silver equities rose over 3% about an hour into trade before they fell back off a bit into midday, but they then edged back higher in early afternoon trade and ended with about 2% gains.