The gold price fell sharply overnight after Emmanuel Macron won the first round of the French presidential election, with the National Front’s Marine Le Pen coming second. Gold plunged 2.16% (£-22/oz t) in less than three hours, taking the precious metal's weekly loss to 3.48% (£35.66/oz t).
With Le Pen arguably …
The Russian Central Bank (RCB) added a further 25 metric tonnes of gold bullion to their official reserves in March. The figure is up from the 9 metric tonnes bought in February, but well below the 31 metric tonnes bought in January.
Since 2016 the RCB has been the largest …
Spain’s sixth largest bank, Banco Popular, appears to be losing the confidence of its customers. In 2016, the troubled bank lost 6.5% of its total deposit base as the banks solvency came into question. The bank responded by offering attractive deposit rates up to 4%, but the outflow only accelerated …
