Sources: BBC
The price of gold hits a record high of US$1,944 per ounce as uncertainty over the global economy grows due to a resurgence in COVID-19 cases. The previous record was set in 2011 when prices hit US$1,921 per ounce. 2020-07-27
The All Ordinaries Index on the Australian Stock Exchange falls by 4.4% with Asian markets generally down. 2011-08-19
The Tokyo Stock Exchange's Nikkei Stock Average falls by 1.9% in early trading as the trend of stock market falls continues. 2011-08-19
The DAX, CAC 40, Nasdaq drop over 5%, the FTSE 100 index by 4.5%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average by 3.7%. 2011-08-18
The price of gold reaches a new record after the President of Venezuela Hugo Chávez announces plans to nationalize the Venezuelan gold industry. 2011-08-17
The Dow Jones Industrial Average gains 423.37 points, the fourth-straight day U.S. stocks have changed by over 400 points. The market dropped on Monday and Wednesday, and registered increases Tuesday and today. [http:--www.courant.com-business-hc-markets-mk-20110811,0,4226365.story ("Hartford Courant")]date=August 2019 2011-08-11
The Dow Jones Industrial Average on the New York Stock Exchange as world stock markets recover after recent falls. 2011-08-9
The Australian Commonwealth and Westpac banks cut fixed home loan rates. 2011-08-9
Stock markets in Asia, Australia, and the United States fall further after the credit rating of the United States is downgraded with the Dow Jones Industrial Average falling by over 634 points, 5.55%. 2011-08-8
A team of American geologists and Pentagon officials say they have discovered vast mineral wealth, including iron, gold and lithium, estimated to be worth nearly US$1 trillion, in Afghanistan, though other senior officials say this has been known since at least the 1970s. 2010-06-14