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“As the below normal temperatures were realized, the market has proceeded into a choppy phase of consolidation with current prices about unchanged from a week ago,” Ritterbusch says in a note.

That could lead to choppy trading, as investors try to figure out what the Federal Reserve’s next move is.

That could lead to choppy trading, as investors try to figure out what the Federal Reserve’s next move is.

He conceded that it could take some time for some of the excesses in the market to be wrung out and that gold could be choppy over the next few months.

"We knew the start of the season would potentially be slightly choppy for us as we entered into a transitional period with the team," Howe said.