Investors continue flight to gold ETFs

The expected sell-off of gold-backed listed products on the back of the US debt agreement fails to materialise

Investors continued to pour money into exchange-traded funds backed by physical gold this week, despite an expected sell-off in these listed products following the US debt agreement.

The price of gold soared to an intra-day high of $1672 yesterday before closing at $1661 per ounce. Stuart Scott, head of FX trading Europe at HSBC, said: "Gold is acting more like a currency at the moment."

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