At the end of the New York session on Friday (March 21), spot gold fell 0.71% to 3023.25 US dollars/ounce. The cumulative increase this week was 1.31%. It continued to fluctuate upward from Monday to Thursday, reaching a record high of 3057.49 US dollars. The pace of decline accelerated before and after the opening of US stocks on Friday. COMEX gold futures fell 0.49% to $3028.70 per ounce, rising 0.92% this week. Early Asia Pacific trading also reached an all-time high of $3065.20 on Thursday. Spot silver fell 1.68% to $33.0280 per ounce, down 2.26% this week. COMEX silver futures fell 1.69% to $33.545 per ounce, down 2.56% this week. COMEX copper futures fell 0.10% to $5.1,080 per pound, rising 4.63% this week, and reached $5.1,485 at the end of the Asia-Pacific session on Thursday.