Over the weekend, world stock markets continued to be volatile; dropping more than 2% as US employment unexpectedly stagnated in August 2011. In contrast, gold spot price was up 3.2% last Friday and closed at $1,886.4 / oz., after closing at $1,754.0 / oz. on August 24, 2011 and reaching an intraday low of $1,705.4 / oz. on August 25, 2011.

More recent developments, such as the historic US credit rating downgrade, the unfolding European debt crisis and the continued weakness of the US and Euro...
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