But it warned that the fluctuating price had dented market confidence.

BBC: Falling gold prices delay plans to reopen Cononish mine

With the fluctuating US real estate market, many cautious second home buyers are spending their holidays in extended stay bookings, according to the Wall Street Journal.

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"The market is constantly fluctuating, " says StubHub spokesman Sean Pate.

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The problem is that fluctuating, although essentially unrealized, losses during a bad market period can mask substantial progress from conventional business, and that is what happened in the first quarter.

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