Gold drops

Published April 17, 2003

LONDON, April 16: Precious metals markets fell back in European trading on Wednesday with palladium slumping to six-year lows on a grim demand outlook for the metal. Palladium, used mainly as a technology fix to curb harmful car exhaust fumes, slid under $160 an ounce to touch its lowest point since 1997.

Car manufacturers and other industrial users turned their back on the metal — which is supplied mainly from Russia and South Africa — on poor global demand for their vehicles.— Reuters

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