Gold nudges up after last week’s strong finish

 Gold gained on Monday, building on the prior trading session’s big jump that pushed prices to their highest level since Halloween.

Despite the strong close, last week was still in the negative. This week is starting off a little better. Gold for December delivery GCZ4, +0.19% added $1.80, or 0.21%, to $1,187.40 an ounce. But December silver SIZ4, -1.07%  was down 4 cents to $16.27 an ounce.