Precious Metals Boom: Gold Hits $4,000 as Turmoil Sparks Safe-Haven Frenzy
Market Overview: Record Rally and Price Movements Investors queue outside a bullion shop in Sydney as gold prices hit all-time highs. Gold’s historic rally went into overdrive this week, breaking above $4,000/oz for the first time. On Tuesday Oct 7, U.S. gold futures surged past the $4,000 mark and settled at $4,004.40, after touching an intraday high of $4,014 reuters.com reuters.com. Spot gold closed just shy of the milestone around $3,986, itself a record high reuters.com. By Wednesday Oct 8, the momentum continued – spot gold jumped another ~1.2% to about $4,032/oz and futures climbed to $4,055 reuters.com, cementing gold’s
