Gold jumps above $900/oz, platinum hits record
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Gold surged 2 percent to trade above $900 on Thursday and platinum hit a historic high, as investors snapped up the metals on dollar weakness and firmer oil prices, analysts said.
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Gold rose on Tuesday and held near an historic high hit the previous day, reflecting investors' interest in the metal as the dollar dropped on expectations of half-percentage-point cut in U.S. rates.
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Gold price at record levels? Pah! It ain't like it used to be. Compared with the frenzy that went on back in 1979-80, the last time prices were this high, reaction to the current rise to record levels for the yellow metal is decidedly tame.
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Gold swept to a record high on Wednesday above the key $850-an-ounce mark, driven by surging oil, a weaker dollar and simmering geopolitical tensions that polished its safe-haven credentials.
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Platinum roared to another record high on Monday as supply concerns persisted in main producer South Africa, lifting sister-metal palladium to its best level in six years.
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Gold rallied to its highest level in more than seven weeks on Monday, hovering near a record high of $850, on a weak U.S. dollar and tensions in Pakistan after the killing of politician Benazir Bhutto.
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Precious metals prices soared Monday, with gold and platinum hitting fresh highs on a falling U.S. dollar and supply concerns fed by a fourth day of mine stoppages in South Africa.
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Gold climbs to its highest level since May 2006, with investors seeing the metal as a safe haven in an uncertain market.
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SYDNEY - Australian stocks rose 0.9 percent on Thursday, touching a new record as oil prices tumbled and as WMC Resources soared in the wake of a rejected A$7.
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Gold hit a record near $900 an ounce on Monday as investors sought protection against a potential U.S. recession and a weaker dollar, and Asian stocks remained pinned at more than three-week lows.
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Gold hit fresh 16-year highs on Monday  as the dollar fell to an all-time low against the euro but it  lost ground when the U.S. currency partly recovered.
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NEW YORK - Oil prices surged yesterday, rising to a record near $90 a barrel, as the falling dollar drew new foreign investors and speculators to dollar-denominated energy futures.
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The price of platinum struck an historic high nearing 1,900 dollars here Monday on supply disruptions caused by power shortages in South Africa, the white metal's biggest producer, traders said.
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Gold swept to a record high on Wednesday  driven by surging oil, a weaker dollar and simmering  geopolitical tension, also ushering platinum to a record peak.
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Platinum continued its record-setting rally Wednesday, briefly rising above $2,000 an ounce for the first time amid concerns that a power shortage in South Africa could slow mining operations for several years.
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Gold hit another record high above $898 an ounce on Monday on speculative buying as uncertainties in financial markets and expectations of aggressive U.S. rate cuts raised the metal's safe-haven appeal.
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Gold futures hit a 16-year high yesterday, continuing a bull run that has gold companies &quot;living the dream,&quot; according to one industry analyst.