Thursday, 31 December 2009

News: Gold ends at $1,096.20, up 24.8 percent in 2009

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Gold prices sealed their biggest yearly gain in three decades with a small advance on Thursday, rising for an unprecedented ninth consecutive year as dollar-hedging traders and central banks joined the rally even as safe-haven buying subsided.


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The Wall St ends 2009 with best gains since 2003


NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks ended 2009 on Thursday with their best gains since 2003, with optimism about the economy's recovery pushing the benchmark Standard & Poor's index up 23.5 percent for the year.


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