On Friday, August 24, gold futures retreated from a four-month peak, after soaring 2% on Fed's fresh speculations about another round of quantitative easing. Bullion depreciated by 0.1%, or $1.80, to $1,670.80 per ounce. Other precious metals were mixed, with September silver adding 0.3%, to $30.54 per ounce. In the meanwhile, copper for September delivery lost 0.6%, to $3.48 per pound, and platinum and palladium for October erased 0.8% and 1.6%, respectively.