NovaGold (NG) (AUY) (HMY) (AEM) Trade Mixed Monday

Shares of NovaGold Resources Inc. (AMEX:NG), Yamana Gold (NYSE:AUY), Harmony Gold Mining (NYSE:HMY) and Agnico-Eagle (NYSE:AEM) traded mixed Monday as gold and silver prices were down slightly on the trading day.

Gold for June delivery shed $3 to close at $1,490.60 at the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange. The gold price Monday traded in a range of a low of $1,486 and a high of $1,504.30.

Silver prices ended the day down 88 cents to close at $34.13 an ounce.

The U.S. dollar index fell 0.43 percent to $75.38.

The euro strengthened as Monday trading went on, putting pressure on the U.S. dollar.

Yamana Gold (AUY) closed at $11.89, gaining $0.09, or 0.76 percent.