SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Gold futures pared its earlier gains Wednesday after the Federal Reserve repeated its intention to hold rates close to zero until mid-2013, but prices soon recovered to trade near the session’s high. Gold for December delivery rose $30.70, or 1.8%, to trade at $1,742 an ounce on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange. Prices were trading around $1,739 before the Fed statement and fell to around $1,733 immediately after it.

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