By Seeking Alpha,
December 31, 2009 at 8:12 AM
Gold Price Today submits: There's been little movement in the gold price over the Christmas period. Trading is likely to start again for many investors in the new year. Support for the dollar in recent weeks has led to a dip in the bullion price, but going forward we await key US jobs data, coming out in early January, to see what will be the next movement for gold prices. News is thin but in China optimism remains bullish as gold jewellery sales jumped 30 percent over the weekend in Beijing. Consumers sought to take advantage of the Christmas and new years sales promotions. [Read China Daily's article here] Because of the lack of movement in bullion our attention turns to some rather odd things occurring at the Russian gold miner formerly known as Peter Hambro Mining, Petropavlovsk. »