Gold zooms past $3,300/oz as investors seek shelter from tariff war

Gold prices extended their record run on Wednesday to breach $3,300 per ounce, as a weaker dollar and escalating U.S.-China trade tensions pushed investors towards the safe-haven asset. Spot gold climbed 3.1 per cent to $3,327.97 an ounce as of 1:45 p.m. ET (1745 GMT), after hitting a record high…