The price of gold exceeded $2,700 per ounce the day before, thereby updating its the historical maximum. Data on the Comex exchange say.
The cost of gold on the spot market in the world exceeded $2,700 per ounce for the first time, having added 2.3 percent over the week.
As analysts note, in the conditions of a tense geopolitical situation, in the past week alone, global investors invested a record amount of funds in gold funds for 2.5 months — $1.2 billion.
At the end of the final week, gold prices consolidated above the level of $2,700 per troy ounce. On October 18, quotations on the spot market updated the historical record, reaching $2,720.15 per ounce.
