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Gold Steadies as Traders Assess US-Iran Tensions, Fed Rate Path

Bloomberg9 October 2026, 00:02 UTCIran

Gold was steady after rising moderately the previous day, as traders assessed Middle East tensions following President Donald Trump’s comments that the US wouldn’t attack Iran before November midterm elections.

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