It is no longer just a conflict of words and rhetoric, as verbal threats have now been followed with posturing actions which have taken this conflict to a whole new level.
Recent Reports
Trading to a new record high this year, gold prices effectively breached the $1300 per ounce mark earlier this week and have not looked back. Today gold prices traded to an intraday high of $1334.50, effectively a new record yearly high.
Gold prices finished strongly higher, concluding the month with respectable gains on the day, month, and year. Reaching a new record high for the year, gold prices touched 1332.