Gold prices jumped past the $1,700 per ounce level for the first time since late 2012 on Monday, as a widening coronavirus outbreak and a plunge in crude oil hammered equities and sent investors scurrying for safe havens.
Spot gold rose 1.5 percent to $1,699.20 per ounce, having touched its highest since December 2012 at $1,702.45 earlier in the session.
US gold futures jumped 1.6 percent to $1,699.70 per ounce.
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