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Mint Quick Edit | Gold price slump: past the peak of its glitter or just a momentary loss of lustre?

Mint Quick Edit | Gold price slump: past the peak of its glitter or just a momentary loss of lustre?

Mint Quick Edit | Gold price slump: past the peak of its glitter or just a momentary loss of lustre?


Gold, a recent star performer for investors, seems to have run into rough times. By Wednesday, its prices had fallen for seven sessions in a row, even as West Asia erupted again in armed hostility between the US and Iran. Such a deterioration in global economic conditions ought to have given gold a lift. Yet, prices fell.