MW: Crude, gold stay down after non-manufacturing data
By Claudia Assis
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Crude-oil and gold futures kept their losses Wednesday after a report on the U.S. service industry showed the sector expanded in December. Crude for February delivery lost 87 cents, or 1%, to $88.51 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange, versus $88.65 a barrel before the report. February gold declined $10.30 to $1,367.80 an ounce, compared to $1,366.90 an ounce prior to the report.
