Gold rises slightly - UPI.com NEW YORK, April 2 (UPI) -- Gold futures $5.50 and closed at $1,677.40 a troy ounce Monday on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange, keeping a two-session rally going. Silver added 51 cents and settled at $32.99 an ounce. The dollar index fell to 78.84 on the International Exchange, off 0.13 percent. The euro was fell to 1.3328 from Friday's $1.3343. Against the yen, the dollar fell to 82.06 from Friday's 82.82 yen. The British pound was $1.6032 from Friday's $1.6012. The dollar was 7.7661 Hong Kong dollars from 7.766 Hong Kong dollars. Against the Canadian dollar, the greenback was 0.9901 from 0.9977 Canadian. The Australian dollar was $1.0425 from $1.0353.