NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Gold futures topped the key $1,000 mark for the first time in nearly a year on Friday, as global financial and economic worries boosted the safe-haven appeal of the precious metal. In recent action, gold for April delivery traded at $996.80 an ounce, up $20.30, or 2%, on the day. It earlier touched a high of $1,000.30. Gold for February delivery, the front-month contract which registered very little volume, was last up $20.10, or 2%, at $996.60 an ounce on Globex. http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/gold-futures-reclaim-1000-an-ounce-mark/story.aspx?guid=%7BBC9E9193%2DB388%2D42EE%2DB775%2D0E9E168B558F%7D&siteid=bnbh
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