Gold price today, Tuesday, February 17: gold opens again below $5,000
April gold futures opened at $4,899.10 per troy ounce on Tuesday, down 2.9% from Friday’s closing price of $5,046.30. This is gold’s second consecutive start below $5,000 after opening above that threshold from February 9-12. Gold’s decline comes after positive reports on the US labor market and inflation. Last Wednesday, the Bureau of Labor Statistics…