Gold and Copper Diverge as Investors Make Bets on Recovery
- Bullion headed for third weekly drop, ETFs see outflow
- Copper hits seven-year high as post-Covid demand hopes build
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Gold plunged while copper soars, with increasing optimism that a vaccine will spur a global economic recovery from the pandemic.
Copper surged to a seven-year high in London while gold slid below $1,800 an ounce for the first time since July, with the sell-off accelerating after liquidation pushed it through a key technical support level. Gold’s decline quickened pace as investors continued to swap into riskier assets looking to profit from an eventual recovery from the pandemic.