OREANDA-NEWS   The price of gold is growing by 1.5% on Wednesday morning, earlier during the current trading session, the indicator reached a new record high above $ 4,850 per troy ounce, according to trading data.

As of 7.14 Moscow time, the price of the February gold futures on the New York Comex exchange rose by $ 80.86 relative to the previous close, or by 1.7%, to $ 4,847.8 per troy ounce, earlier during trading the indicator updated the historical record and amounted to $ 4,852.06.

At the same time, March silver futures fell by 0.88% to 93.787 dollars per ounce.