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4 results for “Troy ounce” in Markets
Markets · 8 August 2026
Moving Bullion: The Logistics Nobody Prices
…ew York prices diverge? Because the two markets trade different things: London trades 400-ounce bars in a spot market, New York trades futures deliverable in 100-ounce and kilobar formats. Arbitrage requires physically moving and often re-casting metal, so when freight, refining…
Ingrid Sørensen · 17 min read
Markets · 2 August 2026
Who Actually Sets the Gold Price
…ly the spot price for unallocated gold held in London vaults, expressed in US dollars per troy ounce. The LBMA Gold Price auction produces a separate benchmark twice each London business day, used to settle contracts. Futures on COMEX trade at a different level again because they…
Ingrid Sørensen · 15 min read
Markets · 20 June 2026
Bring It Home: Central Banks and the Great Gold Repatriation
…ars — a volume that would fit comfortably in a modest living room and a mass that will destroy the floor of most buildings. Move that quantity across a border and you are dealing with armoured transport, aviation weight limits, insurance underwriters and, at each end, a vault tha…
Ingrid Sørensen · 13 min read
Markets · 6 August 2026
Why Central Banks Started Buying Gold Again
For three decades official institutions were net sellers of bullion, and the policy consensus treated the metal as a museum piece. Then, quietly, the world's reserve managers reversed. The reasons are…
Ingrid Sørensen · 17 min read
