Gold gains for third week on banking sector tension

Gold prices ticked up on Friday as investors flocked to the safe-haven metal in the face of the global banking crisis. The metal is set to rise about 2.8% this week. Large U.S. banks injected $30 billion in deposits into First Republic Bank on Thursday, swooping in to rescue the lender caught up in a widening crisis triggered by the collapse of two other mid-size U.S. lenders over the past week. The European Central Bank raised interest rates

Gold gains for third week on banking sector tension
Gold prices ticked up on Friday as investors flocked to the safe-haven metal in the face of the global banking crisis. The metal is set to rise about 2.8% this week. Large U.S. banks injected $30 billion in deposits into First Republic Bank on Thursday, swooping in to rescue the lender caught up in a widening crisis triggered by the collapse of two other mid-size U.S. lenders over the past week. The European Central Bank raised interest rates