Gold prices were boosted to a record high above $4,800 per ounce on Wednesday, as investors looked to the metal as a safe haven after a broad selloff in U.S. assets on heightened tensions between the U.

President Trump threatened tariffs on European nations that sent military personnel to Greenland last week.

At Davos on Tuesday, Macron, in sunglasses because of a burst blood vessel, warned against US attempts to "subordinate Europe", and blasted Trump's tariff threats as "unacceptable."

Forecasts are increasingly bullish. Analysts surveyed by the London Bullion Market Association expect prices to rise above $5,000 this year, citing expectations of lower U.S. real rates, continued Federal Reserve easing and sustained central-bank diversification away from the dollar.

U.S. President Donald Trump during a White House press briefing on Tuesday (January 20) threw a stack of paper on the ground that he said were his accomplishments in the first year of his second term ...

Tuesday was an historic day for Japanese government bonds.