London — Gold prices surged to their highest in nearly eight years on Wednesday, while global shares cooled as signs of an acceleration in coronavirus cases kept investors on edge.

Fueling concerns about sustained weakness in the pace of the economic recovery was data showing several US states seeing record infections and the death toll in Latin America passing 100,000, according to a Reuters tally...

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