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Explainer: Oil and gold prices rise amid US-Iran uncertainty

Crude prices expected to even out, gold may touch new record highs.

January 08, 2020 / 11:49 IST
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Prices of crude oil and gold rose as tensions between the United States and Iran escalated due to the assassination of Iranian Major-General Qassem Soleimani, a top commander of the country's elite Quds Force.

Both commodities are expected to touch record highs in the run-up to the political tension. Here is Manisha Gupta with the details.

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first published: Jan 8, 2020 11:48 am

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