1500 dollari l'oncia

Nuovo record per la quotazione dell'oro: oltre 1500 dollari l'oncia!  Con la complicità della debolezza del dollaro e dei timori legati al debito sovrano nei paesi sviluppati: 

The ICE dollar index, which tracks the dollar against a trade-weighted basket of foreign currencies, was recently at 74.339, down from 75.072 late Tuesday in New York.
Meanwhile, the euro hit a 13-month high against the dollar, trading above $1.4521 for the first time since January 2010. The euro was recently at $1.4528, up from $1.4334 late Tuesday in New York.

"The dollar had managed to stage a bit of a rally over the last couple of days and is now sitting at new lows for the year against the euro, which is naturally putting a bid under (gold)," said Sterling Smith, an analyst with Country Hedging.

Investors tend to favor gold as a hedge against currency volatility and a store of value due to the metal's historic role as a currency alternative. 
 
L'argento sta inseguendo i record dell'oro, anche se non è ancora riuscito a superare i massimi raggiunti trent'anni fa:
Silver futures followed gold's lead, with the most-active May delivery contract setting a fresh record at $44.825 per troy ounce, far outpacing the 1980 most active contract high of $41.50.
Silver for April delivery had not traded at 9:27 a.m., but the contract's last trade was well below the 1980 front-month record of $50.360.

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