World Gold Council | Gold-backed ETFs have highest inflows since early 2017
11/05/2018Daniel Fisher
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Global gold-backed ETFs holdings added 72.2 tonnes(t) to 2,481t in April. This is the strongest month of net inflows in more than a year. Growth in global holdings was led by significant North American and European inflows and supported by a small increase in Asia.
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