Metals Stocks: Gold prices skid lower, threatening to halt 2-day rise but holding above $1,700

Gold prices head lower on Thursday, retreating in uneven trade for the yellow metal which that looks likely to end a two-session string of gains as investors weigh responses to COVID-19 pandemic.

Gold prices head lower on Thursday, retreating in uneven trade for the yellow metal which that looks likely to end a two-session string of gains as investors weigh responses to COVID-19 pandemic.