Monday, 5/24/2021 14:45 GOLD PRICES held firm near 4.5-month highs Monday lunchtime in London, trading around $1880 per ounce after investors made net inflows to gold-backed ETF trust funds, speculators grew their bullish bets further on Comex derivatives, and crypto-currency Bitcoin hit more extreme volatility over the weekend, writes Atsuko Whitehouse at BullionVault.
The spot gold price rose another 0.5% in early trade to reach $1882 per ounce – its highest since early January – after rising 3 weeks in a row.
"After this recent run, gold is ready for a correction," says the latest daily gold-price and precious metals note from Rhona O'Connell at brokerage Stone X Group Inc.