Gold was little changed after retreating below $4,400 an ounce, as traders weighed the Federal Reserve’s interest-rate path and prospects for a deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
Gold is listed at $4,395 per ounce this Thursday, and operators are collecting profits after two months of sustained rally. Cash silver was back 0.5% to $64.99 per ounce, a day after setting its highest level since June 22. The movement replicates the dynamics of gold with an important difference: silver has been in supply deficit for four consecutive years, and that imbalance is not resolved by a profit-taking session. At 65 per ounce, silver i…