RE: Power to NM and the Board25 Jul 2020 00:48
Gold resumed its march toward a new record peak, scaling $1,900 for the first time since August and September 2011, when spot prices only traded above that level on four days. The rally has been driven by fears of an economic
Spot gold prices (XAU=) rose $14.6746 to $1,901.54 an ounce, about $20 from an all-time peak in 2011.
U.S. gold futures (GCv1) settled up 0.4% at $1,897.50.
Analysts at RBC Capital Markets noted gold-backed exchange traded product holdings had already reached record peaks.
“The level of COVID-19 uncertainty, low and negative real and nominal rates, politics and geopolitics have driven gold prices sharply higher, and pushed allocations among investors ever higher,” they said in a note.
The U.S.-China row put copper - a prime Chinese import - on track for its first weekly loss since mid-May, but analysts expect recovering demand and low stocks to keep prices high.
Silver, meanwhile, was en route to its best week since 1987, up almost 18% in five days.