Gold futures jump as dollar sinks to record low

Nov 05, 2004 | 11:23 AM | Kevin Foster

Gold futures added more than $2 an ounce in midmorning trading Friday as the dollar slumped to a record low against the euro.

December gold futures on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange traded as high as $435 an ounce. The contract surpassed Thursday's high of $434 and came close to setting a 16-year high. The contract ended the day at $434.30 an....





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