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A person holds an ABC Bullion one kilogram gold bar at the ABC Refinery smelter in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, on Thursday, July 2, 2020. Western investors piling into gold in the pandemic are more than making up for a collapse in demand for physical metal from traditional retail buyers in China and India, helping push prices to an eight-year high.

Gold Nears $2,000 an Ounce as It Surges to All-Time High in an Uncertain World

Spot gold surged to $1,944.71 an ounce, beating the previous high set in 20...

Spot gold surged to $1,944.71 an ounce, beating the previous high set in 2011 by more than $20

In this May 26, 2020, file photo, a man wearing a protective face mask passes the New York Stock Exchange, as employees arrive for the partial reopening of the trading floor.

U.S. Stocks See Biggest Drop in 12 Weeks Amid Fears of Pandemic's Second Wave

U.S. jobless claims remained high, underscoring the longer-term challenges ...

U.S. jobless claims remained high, underscoring the longer-term challenges caused by the pandemic

Kylie Jenner attends the 2020 Vanity Fair Oscar Party on Feb. 9, 2020 in Beverly Hills, California.

Beauty Brand Coty Sees Shares Tumble After 'Forbes' Report Questions Kylie Jenner’s Wealth

'Forbes' previously labeled Kylie Jenner a billionaire. Now, the magazine c...

'Forbes' previously labeled Kylie Jenner a billionaire. Now, the magazine claims, she isn't

This picture taken on Dec. 31, 2019 shows a firefighter hosing down trees and flying embers in an effort to secure nearby houses from bushfires near the town of Nowra in the Australian state of New South Wales.

The Australian Government's Climate Policy Is Hurting Its Currency, Analyst Says

While ABN Amro notes the current Australian administration remains unintere...

While ABN Amro notes the current Australian administration remains uninterested in shifting climate policies, public opinion is changing after the bush fires

A worker displays raw sugar for a photograph at a mill in Saraburi province, north of Bangkok, Thailand, on Wednesday, May 9, 2012. Sugar production in Thailand, the world's second-biggest exporter, in the current crop year may be below a forecast in April because of cane flowering and dry weather, according to the Office of the Cane & Sugar Board.

The World Is Running Short of Sugar. Here's Why Prices Are Likely to Rise Even More

Global sugar prices have surged about 12% this year

Investors look at a screen showing stock market movements at a securities company in Hangzhou in China's eastern Zhejiang province on Feb. 3, 2020.

Chinese Stocks Plunge 9% Amid Coronavirus Outbreak as Markets Reopen After Holiday

Markets reopened after an extended Chinese Lunar New Year holiday

Iranian Revolutionary Guards' Quds Force commander Qasem Soleimani during Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's meeting with Revolutionary Guards in Tehran, Iran on Sept. 18, 2016.

Oil Prices Surge After Iranian General Qasem Soleimani's Assassination

U.S. equity futures fell and Asian stocks reversed earlier gains as the new...

U.S. equity futures fell and Asian stocks reversed earlier gains as the news broke