Gold fell 2 percent to a 4-1/2 month low on Friday after minutes from the US Federal Reserve highlighted increasing concerns over its highly stimulative monetary policy, knocking stock markets lower and boosting the dollar. Fears that central banks' money-printing to buy assets would stoke inflation were a key driver in boosting gold, which rallied to an 11-month high in early October after the Fed announced a third round of aggressive economic stimulus. Spot gold was down 1.97 percent at $1,630.25 per ounce at 14:01 SA time, after earlier falling to its lowest since late August at $1,625.79. It was heading for its sixth week of losses - the longest such run since June 1999. US gold futures...
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