(Updates trades/prices to close) NEW YORK, Aug 12 (Reuters) – Gold prices hit three-week highs on Monday after the largest exchange traded gold fund showed the first net inflow since June, while surging silver and raw sugar also contributed to broad …

Gold hit its highest level in nearly three weeks on Monday, and one expert said the precious metal could rise nearly 20 percent by by the end of the year—a call many traders thought was too aggressive for this market. Spot gold rose as much as 2.2 …

BEIJING—Chinese buyers flocked to jewelry stores in the second quarter to send China's gold purchases to a new high, according to Chinese figures, demonstrating the growing market power of customers such as Zhu Di. [image] Chuin-Wei Yap/The Wall …

TSX rises 52.14 points, or 0.42 percent, to 12,594.27 * Six of 10 main sectors decline * Gold mining stocks surge more than 5 percent * BlackBerry to explore alternatives, up nearly 11 percent By John Tilak TORONTO, Aug 12 (Reuters) – Canada's main …

Heading into Monday's events, the United States leads the medal standings with two gold and three overall, edging Kenya and Ethiopia, which both have one medal of each color. Bolt and 100 bronze medalist Nesta Carter put Jamaica into fourth place.

LONDON, Aug 12 (Reuters) – Gold hit its highest in nearly three weeks in thin trade on Monday, shrugging off a stronger dollar on technical buying, while the world's biggest gold exchange-traded fund recorded the first inflow in two months. Holdings in …

Collectors and investors alike are eagerly awaiting the U.S. Mint's latest set of $10 gold coins honoring former first ladies, including the wife of Teddy Roosevelt and both wives of Woodrow Wilson. The gold pieces are legal tender, but with the price …

Based on career results, it was no upset: Ohuruogu won Olympic gold in 2008 and a silver behind Sanya Richards-Ross in 2012. Montsho, a nomad who has had to train far from her native Botswana in search of the right conditions, has yet to win an Olympic …

In the last few weeks several blogs and news articles have highlighted rumors that the Chinese government and The People's Bank of China have been quietly buying gold with plans of creating a new Bretton Woods gold standard; however, both Jeffrey …