Gold breaks $1,100 Gold rally to continue


Posted in Finance by Admin - Nov 7, 2009

Gold powered through $1,100 an ounce Friday after the U.S. government said the nation’s unemployment rate rose more than expected last month, fueling demand for the metal as a safe haven.

December gold jumped $6.40 and settled at 1,095.70 an ounce after surging to an all-time high of $1,101.90 an ounce earlier.

Prices spiked after the Labor Department said the unemployment rate rose to 10.2% in October from 9.8% the month before. That marks the highest level since April 1983. Economists had forecast an increase to 9.9% [Full Story]

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