The son of Deputy Public Health Minister Santi Promphat was slapped with four months in jail and an 8,000 baht fine for driving under the influence, the Office of the Attorney-General said on Friday.
GOLD prices jumped on Friday as reports that Israel had attacked Iran prompted fears of a wider regional conflict, increasing bullion's safe-haven appeal.
Spot gold rose 0.4% at $2,388.32 per ounce, as of 0726 GMT, after briefly jumping as high as $2,417.59 earlier in the session. Prices hit an all-time high of $2,431.29 hit last week. Bullion was set for a fifth straight weekly rise.The news of Israel's attacks on Iran today"is driving gold price attention on the Middle East which has been the sole thing keeping the gold price moving higher for weeks now.
Eventually, even if geopolitical risks subside,"Chinese gold reserve accumulation acts as the major catalyst. That is a process that seems to have scope for continuity," Ilya Spivak, head of global macro at Tastylive said. Meanwhile, Federal Reserve policymakers have gathered around the idea of keeping borrowing costs where they are until perhaps well into the year, given the slow and bumpy progress on inflation and a still-strong U.S. economy.Spot silver rose 0.8% to $28.45 per ounce, and was set for a weekly gain.
Spot platinum rose 1.2% at $945.80, and palladium gained 0.2% at $1,023.29. Both sister metals were headed for a weekly decline. - Reuters
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