An employee of Japanese jeweller Tanaka Kikinzoku displaying a pure gold plate shaped like a large oval gold coin, priced 731,000 yen ($8,900) at the company’s showroom in Tokyo yesterday. Gold prices topped $1,500 an ounce last week for the first time on record due to concerns over rising global inflation and debt levels, while oil advanced in volatile trade.

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