How London’s Gold Market, the World’s Largest, Evolved: Timeline
- London Metal Exchange starts gold futures trading on Monday
- Until recently, market largely unchanged for about a century
London Metals Exchange Gets Back in the Gold Game
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After a three-decade hiatus, gold-futures trading is returning to London. It’s the latest change for the city’s bullion market, the world’s biggest for over-the-counter trading, and which until fairly recently had remained largely unchanged for about a century.
Here’s a timeline of main events over the past 350 years, according to the London Bullion Market Association.