March 2008: Benchmark gold contract trades above $1,000 for the first time in the U.S. futures market.
December 2009: U.S. gold futures rise to a record high above $1,210 per ounce, while spot gold rises above $1,203 per ounce.
This time line has been modified, so to see the history of gold since the 1970s, visit Reuters.
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- SPDR Gold Shares (NYSEArca: GLD): up 37.8% year-to-date
- ETFS Physical Swiss Gold Shares (NYSEArca:SGOL): up 22.7% since inception
- PowerShares DB Gold (NYSEArca: DGL): up 35.6% year-to-date
- PowerShares DB US Dollar Bearish (NYSEArca: UDN): up 9.7% year-to-date