Due to the caution that global prices will rise further due to the sharp rise in crude oil prices, the movement to buy "gold", which is said to be difficult to reduce the value of assets, has intensified, and the gold futures price on the 7th is during trading hours. Updated the highest price of.
In the futures trading of "gold" on the 7th, which is being held on the Osaka Exchange, buy orders swelled, and the price of "February next year", which is the center of the transaction, temporarily reached 7377 yen per gram.
The price, which is the core of the transaction, exceeded the 7269 yen recorded on the 25th of last month and reached the highest price during trading hours.
This is because Russia, which continues to invade Ukraine, has revealed that the United States is considering a ban on crude oil imports in cooperation with its allies, so crude oil futures prices have skyrocketed and global prices have risen. This is due to the spread of caution in the market for further progress.
Gold is considered a relatively safe asset whose value does not diminish, and is a collection of buy orders from investors who are concerned about rising prices.
Market officials said, "As the situation in Ukraine becomes tense and economic sanctions on Russia by Europe, the United States and Japan intensify, cautious views on the future of the world economy are spreading, and stocks that are falling to avoid risks, etc. There is also a movement to transfer funds to. "