The Once d’Or exceeds $ 3,500 for the first time in its history – Liberation
It is a new threshold. The course of the golden ounce – about 30 grams – exceeded the 3,500 dollars mark (just over 3,000 euros) this Tuesday, April 22 for the first time of its history. A record brought by the trade war led by the American president but also by the tensions between Donald Trump and The president of the Fedthat he once again dealt with « Loser » Monday April 21, who dropped Wall Street.
This Tuesday, the ounce of gold appeared at 3,467.87 dollars at 9:30 am (French time), after reaching a record earlier at 3,500.10.
The yellow metal benefits from the nervousness of the scholarships, in particular Wall Street, weighed down by the multiple attacks From Donald Trump against the boss of the American federal reserve, but also by persistent uncertainties concerning the trade war.
New climbing sign Between Beijing and WashingtonChina reaffirmed its firm opposition to any agreement signed between the United States and other countries that would serve it on Tuesday on Tuesday.
In addition, as the publication on Tuesday publication of the new economic forecasts of the International Monetary Fund, investors remain attentive to the first concrete repercussions of the trade war.
Page of safety in the commercial turmoil triggered by Donald Trump in early April, investors have been rushing for weeks on gold, customs duties that can have an inflationary effect, which lowers the value of the dollar, against which gold allows to cover.
Coveted for its use in jewelry, industry or simply as reserve assets, yellow metal retains its intrinsic value, although it does not bring in interest.
