Flare-up in tension between Russia, Ukraine pushes up gold prices
The Morning Standard|November 21, 2024
GOLD has reversed the losing streak it saw after the conclusive win that Donald Trump made in the recent US presidential polls, after the flare-up in the 1,000-day-old war that Russia has been waging on Ukraine.
BENN KOCHUVEEDAN
Flare-up in tension between Russia, Ukraine pushes up gold prices

The immediate trigger for the rally in gold price is the fear in the Western capitals that Kiev firing long-range US-made ballistic missiles deep into a Russian military base on November 19 may force Moscow to use nuclear weapons on Ukraine.

This story is from the November 21, 2024 edition of The Morning Standard.

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