The price of a bar of gold is worth a million dollars for the first time, thanks to soaring prices for the precious metal.
The price of spot gold reached more than $2,500 per troy ounce Friday, hitting a record high. The average gold bar weighs 400 troy ounces – which, when you do the math, hits a million dollars.
“The primary drivers of the gold price move are financial investment demand, particularly with ETF buying improving and overall improved sentiment as the expectations of Fed easing cycle to begin in September,” said Aakash Doshi, head of commodities, North America at Citi Research
Gold could reach $3,000 per ounce by mid-2025 and $2,600 by the end of 2024, Doshi added.
Holdings of SPDR Gold Trust GLD, the world’s largest gold-backed exchange-traded fund, jumped to their highest in seven months at 859 tons on Monday.
