Platinum Prices: Desperately Seeking a Bottom or Prepping for a Pop?

Precious Metals

IBTimes reported platinum prices just finished plunging more than 22 percent from their late August level with no end in sight.

IBTimes reported platinum prices just finished plunging more than 22 percent from their late August level with no end in sight.

As quoted by the market news,

On Aug. 22 platinum’s spot price was $1,913.50; on Oct. 5 it was $1,479.50. Gold, meanwhile, had an Aug. 22 spot price of $1,908.89 and an Oct. 5 price of $1,642.50.

In other words, besides plunging $434 in the last six weeks platinum’s price went from a premium to gold’s price to being 86 percent of gold’s price.

Click here for the full IBTimes report. 

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