Nov. 19 (Bloomberg) -- Gold demand rose 18 percent in the third quarter as lower prices encouraged purchases by jewelers and as investors sought a haven from the credit crisis, the World Gold Council said.

NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--Gold futures drastically pared their gains Wednesday as the U.S. dollar arrested its slide, erasing much of the support that had overcome pressure from disinflationary consumer price data.

MUMBAI: Gold prices continued to rule firm for the fifth trading session in the domestic market on Wednesday on sustained safe-haven buying due to fall in equity prices.

TSX:SCP) - Sprott Resource Corp. acquired beneficial ownership of 775,500 common shares of High Desert Gold Corporation , representing approximately 1.89% of the outstanding Common Shares, on November 18, 2008 through the facilities of the Toronto Stock Exchange at a price of $0.1898 per Common Share.

GOLD PRICE UP RM0.24 SEN

THERE'S a worldwide run on gold coins. Even as the price of the precious metal itself comes under pressure along with commodities like oil and copper, people around the world are demanding so many of the valuable coins that government mints are...

Anyone who thinks that changes in the fabrication-related (jewelry, etc.) demand for gold are important determinants of the gold price is looking at the gold market as if total supply were roughly the same as annual mine supply (annual fabrication demand is equivalent to a large percentage of annual mine supply).

THE PRICE OF GOLD continued to drift lower in early London trade on Tuesday, holding $10 per ounce below last week's close while European stock markets lost another 2% and crude oil fell towards fresh 21-month lows.

1610 GMT [Dow Jones] - Gold futures are lower despite stronger equities on pressure from deflationary implications of PPI data, says Jim Steel, senior vice president and metals analyst with HSBC. The producer price index for finished goods slid 2.8% in October, dropping for a third straight month as raw material and energy prices tumbled, topping the previous record drop of 1.6% in October 2001. ...

NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--Gold futures ended lower as equities' strength faded, the dollar rose and producer-price data had market participants thinking about deflation.

GOLD PRICE UP RM0.05 SEN