Gold marks best quarter in a year despite uncertainties
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GOLD notched a quarterly gain of about 8.4 per cent on Friday, marking its best quarter in a year, as uncertainty over US President Donald Trump's tax and investment plans and elections in Europe fuelled demand for bullion as a safe haven.
Gold rebounded from early losses as the US dollar turned flat after a Federal Reserve official's seemingly dovish remarks and uninspiring data on the US economy tamped down the sanguine mood from earlier this week.
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