By Moming Zhou
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Crude and gold futures remained higher Wednesday after the release of a slew of economic data. U.S. consumer spending rose a seasonally adjusted 0.4% in October, the Commerce Department reported. But orders for U.S.-made durable goods fell 0.6% in October. Meanwhile, the Labor Department reported first-time jobless claims fell to 466,000 last week. In early North American electronic trading, January crude rose 0.6% to $76.46 a barrel, slightly gaining strength after the data, and December gold climbed 1.2% to $1,180.30 an ounce.
