gold slipped early wednesday after seeing six week highs helped by a weakening us dollar and lower treasury yields in recent sessions   gold futures for august delivery gc00 gcq23 shed 5 or 03 to 1975 an ounce on comex prices for the mostactive contract settled at 198080 on tuesday the highest since june 6   silver futures for september delivery si00 siu23 fell by 6 cents or 02 to 2520 per ounce   october platinum plv23 lost 740 or 07 to 987 per ounce while palladium for september pau23 fell by 27 or 21 to 1289 per ounce   copper futures for september hgu23 declined by 3 cents or 09 to 380 per pound the rally in gold took a breather on wednesday as the us dollar traded slightly higher the ice us dollar index dxy  a gauge of the dollar’s value against major currencies rose 03 to 10027 looking ahead next week’s federal reserve policy meeting could be a makeorbreak moment for gold as investors will be watching to try and gauge whether the latest batch of us economic data has prompted the fed to significantly change its plans for further interest rate increases “how long gold can continue to trade at such high levels remains to be seen with the reaction to next week’s fed rate decision a key staging post for gold’s longterm durability” said rupert rowling a market analyst at kinesis money “considering that another increase is priced in already gold may yet prove able to shrug off the latest hike but if there is an indication in the press conference and supporting commentary that further hikes are still likely then gold could fall sharply” meanwhile treasury yields moved lower early wednesday the yield on the 10year note tmubmusd10y  considered the us benchmark fell 39 basis points to 3755