The price of gold futures exceeded $3.35 thousand per troy ounce for the first time.

The price of gold futures exceeded $3.35 thousand per troy ounce, thereby updating the historical maximum. This is on Wednesday, April 16, according to data from the New York stock exchange Comex.

It follows from the trading data that this morning the price increased by almost 2% and amounted to $3,353.4.

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Earlier in the day, the price of gold futures updated a historical record, exceeding $3.3 thousand per troy ounce.

Prior to that, on April 11, Olga Veretennikova, vice president of Borsell analytical company, told Izvestia that the increase in the value of the precious metal was due to growing concerns about the impact of duties on the global economy, which made gold a more attractive asset for investors seeking safe haven.