SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Gold futures fell Wednesday, retreating from the one-month high they saw a day earlier, as the U.S. dollar strengthened. February gold fell $6.50, or 0.4%, to settle at $1,686.70 an ounce on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange, giving back Tuesday's $6.20 gain and then some. Prices had already been trading lower when the U.S. House approved a suspension of the U.S. debt ceiling until May 19. The results of the vote emerged right as the Comex trading session drew to a close. Market Pulse Stories are Rapid-fire, short news bursts on stocks and ... Read More