Gold steady above $1,600 as palladium spikes again
Big wave of risk-off sentiment is subsiding but economic fallout from virus buoys gold demand
19 February 2020 - 07:38
Bengaluru — Gold prices held steady above the key $1,600 mark on Wednesday as an uptick in equities due to a drop in new virus cases was kept in check by fears about the economic fallout of the epidemic.
Autocatalyst metal palladium, meanwhile, scaled yet another record peak on a sustained supply shortfall...
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