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(Sept 25): Gold steadied after posting its longest rally in three months as investors weighed growing political tensions in the US, which reinforced demand for havens that have already benefited from central bank easing, slowing growth and the trade war.

(Jan 3): Gold futures rose, extending their best quarterly rally in more than a year as concern over China’s economic outlook weighed on global equities and industrial metals.

SINGAPORE (Dec 31): Gold is rallying into the end of 2018 as turmoil in global equities, the partial US government shutdown and concerns about the outlook for next year stoke demand, lifting prices to the highest in six months.

Under the classical gold standard, bank notes were backed by gold and could be freely converted to gold at a fixed price. In 1973, the year that the US dollar came off the gold standard, the currency was converted to gold at US$35 per oz. The last major c

(Aug 31): After nosing above US$1,300 ($1,761.63), gold is winning new fans as tepid US inflation anchors Federal Reserve policy and President Donald Trump’s growth agenda risks running into the sand.

SINGAPORE (Feb 16): The Perth Mint, which refines nearly all the bullion output from the world’s second-biggest producer, sees rising sales this year as global concerns trigger demand for haven assets.

SINGAPORE (Nov 30): The worst is yet to come. At least that’s the opinion of the top two gold forecasters who say bullion will suffer further losses in 2017 as interest rates climb and the dollar strengthens.

NEW YORK (June 28): Gold rose on Monday, staying close to the more than two-year high hit on Friday, as uncertainty over Britain's vote to leave the European Union pushed investors to sell equities and seek safer assets.