Gold bar 96.5% · Close
0.00%
- Open
- 11,600.00
- High
- 11,600.00
- Low
- 11,600.00
- Close
- 11,600.00
On 8 August 2006, 96.5% bullion gold opened at ฿11,600.00, reached a high of ฿11,600.00 and a low of ฿11,600.00, and closed at ฿11,600.00 — unchanged from the previous trading day.
Events reported on the same date, from public news sources. This is context only — it does not say these events moved the gold price.
Amid news of slower-than expected growth and a quarterly rise in the unemployment rate in the United States, Federal Reserve System Chairman Ben Bernanke announced that there will be no increase to the Fed fund rate, ending a two-year period of rising interest rates.