How have suppressed oil prices affected the gold market?
*Bloomberg, by Pham-Duy Nguyen, October 4, 2006:
"Gold, little changed in New York, may rise as rebounding oil prices
boost the appeal of the metal as a hedge against inflation.
The price of gold has dropped 21 percent from a 26-year high of $732 an
ounce on May 12, partly because crude oil has declined 24 percent from
a record in July. Oil yesterday fell below $60 a barrel to a
seven-month low, triggering the biggest decline in gold in three months.
"Gold is definitely following oil around,'' said Frank Lesh, a trader
at FuturePath Trading LLC in Chicago. ``Right now, that's the main
driver.'' "
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