Spot Gold (Bullion) climbed as much as 2.4% to $1,611.42 an ounce, the highest level since 2013, and traded at $1,609.28 at 8:32 a.m. in Singapore.
Red Alert – Iran Attacks Spark Flight to Havens
Iran fired a series of rockets at two U.S.-Iraqi airbases early Wednesday morning Baghdad time, the Pentagon said. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps earlier claimed responsibility for the barrage, which the Pentagon said was launched from Iran and targeted the Ayn al-Asad base in western Iraq and another facility in Erbil. It wasn’t immediately clear whether there was major damage or casualties from the attacks.
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Gold surged above $1,600 an ounce to the highest level in more than six years after Iran attacked two U.S.-Iraqi airbases in its first retaliation against the U.S. killing of a top general last week.
Gold surges above $1,600/oz after Iran’s attack on U.S.-Iraqi airbases
Bullion’s having a scorching start to the new year, building on 2019’s 18% gain which was the largest annual advance since 2010. Rising demand for haven assets, easier monetary policy by central banks, and slowing global growth were among some of the drivers for gold, even as equities jumped to record highs. Risk sentiment has now been curbed as the the fallout from the killing of of Soleimani is escalating.
