Gold can’t hold over $1,200 as Fed lift fades

Gold prices on Thursday finished roughly flat and back under the $1,200 mark, as a lift from the Fed’s dovish signals faded.

Gold for February delivery GCG5, +0.18%  edged up 30 cents, or less than 0.1%, to settle at $1,194.80 an ounce. March silver SIH5, -0.24% also was essentially unchanged, settling at $15.93 an ounce.