(Kitco News) - Gold prices ended the U.S. day session modestly higher Wednesday. Prices saw a corrective bounce from selling pressure Tuesday. Backing and filling on the charts has been featured recently, to produce choppy price action. Gold bulls were impressed Wednesday that their metal is posted gains despite “outside markets” that were in a bearish posture—a higher U.S. dollar index and sharply lower crude oil prices. April Comex gold was last up $4.90 at $1,265.20 an ounce. March Comex silver last traded up $0.084 at $17.405 an ounce.