Optimism over the health of the U.S. economy weakened after data on Monday showed that U.S. consumer spending fell at the fastest rate since September 2009 in December. gold futures for April delivery rose 0.13% to trade at $1,261.90 a troy ounce. silver futures for March delivery fell 0.02% to trade at $17.318 a troy ounce. copper for March delivery gained 0.30% to trade at $2.586 a pound.