Gold bar 96.5% · Close
- Open
- 12,750.00
- High
- 12,850.00
- Low
- 12,750.00
- Close
- 12,850.00
On 17 September 2008, 96.5% bullion gold opened at ฿12,750.00, reached a high of ฿12,850.00 and a low of ฿12,750.00, and closed at ฿12,850.00 — up 0.78% from the previous trading day. It traded in a ฿100.00 range on the 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.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average falls by 440 points as the bailout of the American International Group by the Federal Reserve fails to reassure jittery investors.
Trading is suspended for the second day in succession on Russia's two main stock exchanges (the MICEX and the dollar-denominated RTS) after shares fall dramatically, forcing the central bank in Moscow to intervene.