Gold worth billions of dollars being smuggled out of Africa
High prices are luring Africans into prospecting for gold. But huge volumes are smuggled out through the Middle East, a Reuters analysis has found.
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Markets
| STOCKS | BONDS | CURRENCIES | COMMODITIES |
|---|
|
| Name | Yield | Change |
|---|---|---|
| US 10YR |
+2.538
|
-0.032 |
| DE 10YR |
+0.005
|
-0.037 |
| JP 10YR |
-0.033
|
+0.008 |
7:51am EDT
| Name | USD | EUR | JPY |
|---|---|---|---|
| USD | 1 | 1.1207 | 0.0089 |
| EUR | 0.8921 | 1 | 0.0080 |
| JPY | 111.8400 | 125.3400 | 1 |
| Index | Last | Chg |
|---|---|---|
| Gold |
1,267.80
USD
|
-1.50
Exp: Apr 19
|
| Copper |
2.91
USD
|
+0.01
Exp: Apr 19
|
| Crude Oil |
66.10
USD
|
-0.20
Exp: May 19
|
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