Wealthy families and individuals worried about US government debt levels were the probable drivers of a record second quarter in demand for gold, according to an industry report, pushing the price to all-time highs this year.
Opaque private purchases of the haven asset surged to 329 tonnes in the three months to June, almost five times higher than the previous quarter, according to a report by the World Gold Council, an industry promotion group.
This helped lift demand for gold to 1,258 tonnes in the quarter, its highest in the April to June period since records began in 2000 and a 4 per cent rise on a year earlier.
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