Gold surged to a new record high and the dollar weakened after US prosecutors launched a criminal investigation into Federal Reserve chair Jay Powell, stoking concerns about the central bank’s independence.
The precious metal’s price climbed as much as 2 per cent to $4,600 a troy ounce for the first time during early trading in Asia on Monday, while the dollar weakened 0.2 per cent against a basket of key trading partners’ currencies.
Futures tracking US equities also declined, with those of the S&P 500 falling 0.6 per cent and the Nasdaq 100 shedding 1 per cent.
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