Silver eased 0.2% to $27.34 an ounce, but was poised for a third straight monthly rise, while palladium climbed 0.8% to $2,420.68 and was set to register its best month in a year with a more than 8% gain.
The most-traded April copper contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange advanced 0.8% to 68,110 yuan ($10,541.71) a tonne, having hit its highest since August 2011 at 68,880 yuan a tonne earlier in the session.
Tin gained 2% to $25,050 a tonne, after earlier hitting $25,125, its loftiest since February 2013, due to tight supply and limited availability of ships to transport the material.
US retail sales rebounded sharply in January, while US producer prices increased by the most since 2009, suggesting inflation was starting to creep up.
Gold has started a consolidation, which may be confined in the range of $1,769-$1,805. The downtrend is expected to resume upon the completion of this consolidation.
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