Gold coins are displayed at Witter Coin in San Francisco. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images
Gold and silver swam in red ink during the March 19 trading session, joining the broader market decline amid economic and geopolitical uncertainty over the Iranian conflict.
An ounce of gold fell by almost 6 percent, to about $4,620 on the COMEX division of the New York Mercantile Exchange. Following a meteoric start to the year, the yellow metal has pared most of its gains and is up by just 6 percent year-to-date.
