At 17:54 Moscow time, the price of gold was $2,455.9 thousand per troy ounce, up 1.11%. The price of the metal continued to rise. At 17:57 hours, it reached $2,457.8 thousand per ounce (up 1.19%).
At the same time, shares of gold mining companies began to rise in price on the Moscow Stock Exchange. Thus, Polyus shares rose in price to 12,450 rubles, up 4.11% at 18:09 Moscow time. SGC shares rose by 3.54% and began trading at 86.3 kopecks per share.