NEW YORK (Dow Jones)–Gold futures eased alongside the dollar Wednesday morning, as traders weighed the outcome of Portugal’s successful government debt sale.

The most actively traded contract, for February delivery, was recently down 0.2%, or $2.80, at $1,381.50 per troy ounce on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange.

The thinly traded January-delivery contract was down 0.3%, or $3.50, at $1,380.50 per troy ounce.

Gold prices inched lower after Portugal …