金小売価格、最高値更新　中東情勢緊迫で有事の買い

　中東情勢の緊迫を背景に、金相場が騰勢を強めている。貴金属販売大手の田中貴金属工業（東京）によると、１６日の店頭小売価格（税込み）は、前週末に比べ２６２円高の１グラム当たり１万２３３円となり、９月２１日以来約３週間ぶりに最高値を更新した。
　イスラエルとパレスチナのイスラム組織ハマスの戦闘激化を背景に、投資家が「有事の金買い」に動いている。前週末は国際的な指標であるニューヨーク金先物相場が急伸したことを受け、円建ての金価格も大幅高となった。（2023/10/16-10:16）

Retail prices of gold in Japan hit a record high for the first time in about three weeks on Monday, aided by safe-haven buying reflecting the escalating conflict between Palestinian militant group Hamas and Israel.
   At Tokyo-based major precious metal seller Tanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K., the day's tax-inclusive retail gold prices stood at 10,233 yen per gram, up 262 yen from Friday.
   Yen-denominated gold prices rose sharply also on the back of a surge in New York gold futures, regarded as a global benchmark, late last week.
   Between late September and early October, gold prices declined on speculation of continued monetary tightening by the U.S. Federal Reserve.
   But investors are recently "buying back gold as a safe-haven asset amid the worsening Middle East situation," a commodity analyst said.