After falling in the very early morning hours of trade overnight, the gold market managed a somewhat impressive bounce of $17 an ounce before prices settled back off the mid morning run up. It appeared as if the upside extension in the US equity market provided physical commodities like gold a lift, but it is also possible that the mid morning setback in the US Dollar also provided the gold market with an additional lift. If the stock market were to add to the gains posted into mid session, that could give gold and the physical commodities an added lift, but the market will be presented with a potentially undermining US Auto sales report shortly after mid session today and that could dent equity prices and perhaps rekindle deflationary concerns.