Benchmark U.S. 10-year Treasury yields and the dollar index retreated on Friday after data showed U.S. manufacturing slumped further in Feb...

Global equities held near the highest level since January 2008 and rallied 18% this year on prospects for an economic recovery.

About 3.82 million ounces will go into auto catalysts, 17% more than this year and the most since 2007, Morgan Stanley estimates.

The metal, which has been on a record setting journey, surged on rising demand among investors as a safe haven and hedge against inflation.