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...Bullion rose $27 to $1,231 a troy ounce as equity markets around the globe sold off — the FTSE 100 in London closed 2 per cent lower — and the US dollar weakened....
...As gold prices rise ever higher, touching a nominal record of $1,424.10 a troy ounce last month, the yellow metal is attracting ever more inventive fraudsters....
...Gold later traded at $963.1 an ounce, down from New York’s last quote of $969.15 on Tuesday. Silver rose to a six-month high of $14.31, and platinum and palladium also moved higher....
...Gold has retreated from March’s record high above $1,000 per troy ounce even as Federal Reserve rate cuts have deepened losses for the dollar....
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