Bengaluru — Gold prices climbed on Thursday as the US dollar weakened after the Federal Reserve cut interest rates for the third time in 2019 but signalled its rate-cut cycle might be at a pause.

Rising optimism that Washington and Beijing will sign a preliminary agreement to call a truce to their 16-month trade war was also a factor behind the Fed’s decision to signal that further rate cuts are on hold...

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