Gold prices rose after an Israeli missile test ahead of a possible US strike on Syria, while investors shrugged off strong US economic data and awaited a non-farm report later in the week. The yellow metal at domestic market rose on continued weakness in the rupee and as importers remained on the sidelines as they awaited fresh guidelines from the government.
Silver Prices rose with continuing support from China's data and after an Israeli missile test ahead of a possible US strike on Syria. A strengthening US dollar along with better than expected US data capped the upside in the white metal. The white metal prices at domestic markets rose with a depreciating indian rupee.
Base metals ended mixed on the back of data coming in from US and China, ahead of key US employment data due on Friday and after Israel said that it carried out a successful joint missile test with the US in the Mediterranean Sea. A stronger US dollar along with profit-taking coupled with reports from Russia that missiles had been fired in the Mediterranean capped the upside in the metal prices.