GOLD ROSE 0.5% TO $4,178.10 AN OUNCE AS US TREASURY YIELDS RETREATED FROM 2002-LEVEL HIGHS, WHILE HAVEN DEMAND INCREASED AMID CONCERNS OVER FRANCE’S FISCAL OUTLOOK.

LOWER YIELDS AND COMMENTS FROM FED VICE CHAIR PHILIP JEFFERSON REDUCED EXPECTATIONS OF AN IMMINENT OCTOBER RATE HIKE, SUPPORTING BULLION AFTER ITS SEPTEMBER DROP, WHILE OIL ABOVE $100 A BARREL KEPT INFLATION RISKS IN FOCUS.
(@FirstSquaw)