London-Sana
Global gold prices have fallen by more than 1 percent, to their lowest level in nine months.
Reuters reported that gold in spot transactions fell 1.14 percent to 1681.40 dollars an ounce in the late trading session, its lowest level since the eighth of June.
And US gold futures contracts fell more than one percent to record at the settlement at $ 1678 an ounce.
Among other precious metals, platinum rose 1.2 percent to $ 1143.20 an ounce, while palladium fell 0.99 percent to $ 2315.20 an ounce, and silver fell 0.16 percent to $ 25.15 an ounce.
