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Gold Hits $4,700 as Investors Cheer Possible US-Iran Peace Deal
Gold prices returned to $4,700 per ounce for the first time in almost a month. The yellow metal has struggled throughout the war in Iran, despite being a safe-haven asset. Investors have been piling into stocks amid the ten-week-old conflict, leaving precious metals trending sideways over the last couple of weeks. June gold futures surged $132.30, or 2.9%, to $4,700.60 per ounce at 18:45 GMT on Wednesday on the COMEX division of the New York Mercantile Exchange. Gold prices have slumped almost 6% in the last three months, but remain up 9% year-to-date. Silver, the sister commodity to gold, surpassed $77 midweek. July ... (full story)