Gold & silver supported, PGMs sag

London, 02 September 2009 - Gold and silver shrugged off equity weakness and dollar strength during Tuesdays US session to finish the day with slight gains however despite positive global PMI readings commodities as a whole finished lower with the CRB Index closing down 1.8% and NYMEX crude off $1.91/bbl. Both the Dow and S&P lost in the region of 2% and the weaker tone has slipped over into Asia with the HSI currently off 1.6% and Nikkei 2.4%. Economic data will again set the tone for