Selling pressure accelerated mid-morning following rumors that Trump's chief economic advisor, Gary Cohn, was resigning over the president's tepid condemnation of white supremacists, driving down the major market averages, the dollar and shares of Dow component stock Goldman Sachs ( GS ). Amongst precious-metal funds, the Market Vectors Gold Miners ETF was down 0.09% to 23.06 while SPDR Gold Shares were up 0.28% to $122.21. Wall Street was defensive before the cash market open as Wednesday's events in Washington coupled with the Federal Reserve's concerns surrounding inflation continued to reverberate.