Heba Press – Agencies
The currency “Bitcoin” reached a record high today Wednesday and the dollar surged, while the price of gold and oil fell, coinciding with preliminary results indicating the victory of Republican candidate Donald Trump in the presidential elections American.
Regarding gold prices, futures contracts for the precious metal (Comex) fell 1.28% to $2,714.40 an ounce, while spot contracts for the metal fell 1. 14% to $2,712.83 per ounce.
Yesterday, metal futures closed at $2,749.70 an ounce, a slight increase of 0.1%.
Oil prices also fell more than 1.5% and Brent contracts were trading at $74.33 per barrel.
The currency “Bitcoin” reached its highest level ever, approaching the $75,000 level, and the world’s most famous cryptocurrency traded at 74,438.01 points, with an increase recorded over the last few years. last 24 hours by 8.34%.
Before that, Bitcoin reached $74,786.25, according to data from the CoinDesk platform, which specializes in tracking cryptocurrencies.
The US currency, the dollar, also reached its highest level since last July with the advance of Republican candidate Donald Trump, and the dollar index, which measures the value of the US currency against a basket of major currencies , increased by 1.71% to 105.19 points.
