Comex gold futures ended higher after hitting multi-year lows on Friday, on end-of-quarter short-covering, but bullion still posted its largest quarterly loss in at least 45 years due to selling amid fears that the US Federal Reserve may wind down its stimulus programme and flight of capital from safe-haven gold into equities. Gold fell 23 per cent during the three months ended in June, the weakest performance since the US government suspended the convertibility of dollars to...
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