The precious metals saw fresh selling pressure coming from a stronger U.S. dollar index and weaker crude oil prices, following an unimpressive market place assessment of the just-completed European Union summit.
Several of the companies involved have already been using their own internal lifecycle assessment tools to improve the sustainability of their products, and those tools have helped to inform the Index.
The precious metals are seeing selling pressure coming from a stronger U.S. dollar index and a generally weaker raw commodity sector to start the trading week, following an unimpressive market place assessment of the just-completed European Union summit in Brussels.