New York gold prices rose on the 21st

  Xinhua News Agency, Chicago, July 21 (Reporter Xu Jing) The most actively traded August gold futures on the New York Mercantile Exchange gold futures market rose by US$26.5 from the previous trading day on the 21st, closing at US$1843.9 per ounce, an increase of 1.46. %.

  Analysts believe that the market is worried that the EU leaders' agreement on a fiscal stimulus plan to revive the economy may trigger inflation, which is the main reason for the rise in gold prices that day.

  On that day, the price of silver futures for September delivery rose by $1.365 to close at $21.557 per ounce, an increase of 6.76%; the price of platinum futures for October delivery rose by $61 to close at $918.9 per ounce, an increase of 7.11%.