A beam of yellow light seemed to welcome them to the fur-trading post.

一束黄色的灯光似乎在欢迎他们光临这个皮毛货栈。

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The yellow metal was trading near steady and then sold off to hit the session low right after the release of the U.S. weekly jobless claims report that showed a decline in claims in the latest week.

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Another sign Goldman was waving a yellow flag at its trading desks: value-at-risk was also down from the second quarter.

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However, at mid-morning U.S. trading the yellow metal slumped further when the U.S. dollar index moved above unchanged and to its daily high.

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