Gold jumped on the last trading day of 2012 to finish up 6 percent on the year after news of a potential US fiscal deal drove a market that rallied in earlier months on low interest rates, euro zone woes and central bank demand for bullion.
US gold futures most-active contract settled at USD 1,675.80 an ounce, up 1.2 percent for the session and 6.1 percent for the year.
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