Not exact matches
Overall, the TSX
gold sector led decliners as the June bullion futures
contract fell US$ 63.50 to US$ 1,501.14 an ounce.
However, the ratio of
gold standing for delivery — the process by which a futures
contract can be settled for physical
gold rather than cash — rose exponentially into early December and has since
fallen significantly but remains at historically high levels: The standard COMEX response would be that the overwhelming majority of futures
contracts are simply rolled over at expiration into a future month or settled in cash.
December
gold futures, the most actively traded
contract,
fell 1 % on Friday to close at $ 1,274.20.
The 28 - year - old mutually terminated his
contract with the Porcupines last week after
falling out with the club's top hierarchy and was initially reported to be heading for Accra to conclude talks with Hearts of Oak, but Ashanti
Gold and Aduana look set to hijack the move.
Many investors have talked about a «
gold bubble» by arguing that
gold prices are inflated because of inflation and the Fed's money policy and that once interest rates rise, the money supply will
contract and
gold will
fall, but again, nobody can say with any reasonable accuracy what the fair value of
gold at any given point is.
The February
gold contract on the New York Mercantile Exchange
fell $ 41.40 to US$ 1,193.60 an ounce, its lowest close since Aug. 3, 2010.
December
gold futures, the most actively traded
contract,
fell 1 % on Friday to close at $ 1,274.20.