The euro inched up against the dollar on Thursday, tracking gains in European shares on speculation the Federal Reserve may signal more economic stimulus measures, but analysts saw the risk of a correction if such expectations are not met.
SPDR Gold Trust said its holdings fell 2.2 pct, in its biggest one-day drop in seven months, as gold futures slid more than $100 on strong U.S. economic data and ahead of a key Federal Reserve meeting.
Commodities trader Glencore International posted a 50 percent rise in headline first-half profit and said it saw opportunities emerging from turbulence in its key markets as commodity demand remains strong.
World stocks edged up on Thursday while gold fell sharply as investors took an optimistic view of how clearly the Federal Reserve will commit to supporting the economy at a gathering this week.
Muammar Gaddafi will try to sell part of Libya's gold reserves to pay for his protection and sow chaos among tribes in the north African country, said his former central bank governor Farhat Bengdara.
For Eriko Ebina, standing outside a downtown Tokyo medical equipment store that has a side business buying gold, the recent surge in prices for the precious metal was just too tempting.
Harmony Gold may be undervalued but the world's fifth largest gold producer was not vulnerable to a take-over bid, Chief Executive Officer Graham Briggs said.
Gold extended losses on Thursday to fall as much as $200 from Tuesday's record high, as investors cashed in scorching gains in the metal after the CME Group hiked trading margins for the precious metal for a second time this month.
On his days off, Cordell Kent drives with his family about an hour into the eastern Australian countryside, lays out a picnic blanket and then joins hundreds of other families panning for gold in hopes of striking it rich.
Gold fell more than 1 percent Thursday, extending the previous session's losses, after the CME Group (CME.O) raised trading margins by the most in more than two and a half years to curb volatility.
The independent Financial Industry Regulatory Authority warned investors Wednesday about investment scams that promote gold stocks whose real value is difficult to calculate.
The big price drop Wednesday in the price of gold is not the beginning of a trend, say analysts, but rather a pause in a longer term bull market that has a lot farther to run.
Gold fell Wednesday in electronic trading as investors took profits, economists heralded a positive indicator and Wall Street held its collective breath that the chairman of the U.S. central bank would signal support in a key speech later this week.
Silver prices and silver stocks led the descent Wednesday of precious metals with some silver mining companies falling more than 7 percent.
Gold prices dropped on Wednesday and were headed for their biggest two-day loss since the peak of the financial crisis, while the dollar rose as investors bet a speech by the Federal Reserve chairman later this week will not reveal any major central bank initiatives.
Australia-based Allied Gold Mining plc said Wednesday it is not concerned about possible changes to legislation in Papua New Guinea regarding resource extraction.
Gold and silver prices plunged Wednesday as a strengthening stock market and hope that the U.S. central bank will take steps to boost the American economy dimmed the appeal of precious metals as a safe haven.
Gold prices dropped sharply Wednesday after a strong U.S. durable goods report, profit-taking by investors and encouraging news from the Congressional Budget Office about the deficit.
A strong durable goods report Wednesday helped reverse a short-lived rebound in precious metals, which had been gaining early in the day on a downgrade of Japan and worries that economic growth in both the U.S. and Europe was tepid at best.
Gold bounced back on Wednesday after suffering its worst setback in 18 months, as risk appetite retreated on Japan's debt rating downgrade, while oil and metals were supported by hopes the U.S. would inject fresh stimulus to boost the economy.
The deadline for pay talks between Freeport McMoRan Copper & Gold and its Indonesian workers has been extended until the end of this week, with little progress made so far, a union official told Reuters on Wednesday.
Spot gold rebounded in Singapore overnight on Wednesday from its worst day in 18 months, while bullion's safe-haven appeal seemed to be waning for now with investors returning to riskier assets on hopes of more stimulus for the U.S. economy.
For Eriko Ebina, standing outside a downtown Tokyo medical equipment store that has a side business buying gold, the recent surge in prices for the precious metal was just too tempting.
South Africa's Harmony Gold Mining Co , the world's fifth-largest gold producer, said on Wednesday output for its 2012 financial year should rise to between 1.45 million ounces and 1.55 million from around 1.3 million in 2011.
Gold rebounded more than 1 percent Wednesday after posting its biggest drop in 18 months, as risk appetite retreated after Moody's downgraded Japan's debt rating and strong buying interest in Asia's physical market lent support.
Gold prices were falling steadily late Tuesday in electronic trading as investors took profit from recent gains and bought stocks in expectations that the Federal Reserve will intervene in the bond market to give the anemic U.S. economy a lift.
Electronic trading on the CME Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange continued Tuesday despite the effect of an earthquake that measured 5.8 on the Richter scale.
Gold closed down 1.6 percent as investors ignored mixed economic news to take profits from recent gains and to put their confidence in the head of the U.S. central bank whom they hope will use a speech later this week to signal support for the ailing American economy.
Fans of American reality TV star Kim Kardashian who want a keepsake of her $10 million wedding may soon have a chance to buy a solid gold commemorative coin celebrating the queen of glam's over-the-top nuptials.
Gold dropped 2.4 percent on Tuesday from the record $1,917.90 it achieve the day before as investors moved out of safe-haven assets like precious metals and U.S. Treasuries for stocks and other riskier assets.