14
March
Gold up 1 percent on Japan quake, ETF holdings at 10-month low
14 March 2011 Reuters
Bullion rose as much as 1 percent on Monday as Japan battled to prevent a nuclear catastrophe after a massive earthquake and tsunami, sending premiums for gold bars to their highest level since February in Tokyo.
A badly wounded nation has seen whole villages and towns wiped off the map by a wall of water, bringing in its wake an international humanitarian effort of epic scale. More than 10,000 people are feared to have been killed.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/03/14/us-markets-precious-idUSTRE72C3Z120110314
