Gold climbs to record high
Gold climbed to a record high above $1,440 an ounce on Monday as the threat of violence spreading in the Middle East and North Africa pushed oil prices to 2-1/2 year highs and burnished the metal's safe-haven appeal.
Gold hit a fresh record high on Wednesday, the eighth in the past nine consecutive sessions, riding on dollar weakness and market anticipation on more quantitative easing from the US Federal Reserve.