International gold and silver prices closed lower on Thursday.
On the New York Mercantile Exchange, gold futures for December delivery dropped 2.88 percent to settle at 3885.30 U.S. dollars per ounce, while silver futures for December delivery lost 3.72 percent to close at 50.065 dollars per ounce.
Gold, silver futures close lower Thursday
U.S. special envoys met Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Dublin, Ireland on Thursday evening, after holding talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow earlier that day.
Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, son-in-law of U.S. President Donald Trump, briefed Zelensky on the outcome of the Moscow talks. Zelensky was in the Irish capital for the ninth European Political Community (EPC) summit.
Speaking to Russian media before leaving Russia, Kushner said that multilateral negotiations on Ukraine would be held next week, adding that all the issues discussed with Putin would shape the upcoming talks. He did not specify the time, venue or participants.
Witkoff told reporters that European representatives would take part in the next round of multilateral negotiations.
US envoys meet Zelensky after Moscow talks, multilateral Ukraine talks due next week