Gold settles at record, six dollars from $1,800
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Gold futures settled at a record Wednesday as investors continued to seek the metal amid worries about a potential global slowdown. Gold for December delivery added $8.80, or 0.5%, to end at $1,793.80 an ounce on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange, handily supplanting the previous day's record. Gold posted an intraday record of $1,801 an ounce Aug. 10.