by Mike Gleason, Gold Seek:

Welcome to this week’s Market Wrap Podcast, I’m Mike Gleason.

As trading for the final month of 2023 kicks off, the gold market is pushing toward a historic breakout.

The monetary metal rallied to $2,060 an ounce on Wednesday, marking its highest close of the year. It then gave back a few dollars on Thursday. As of this Friday recording, gold prices are up again and come in at $2,071 and show a weekly advance of 2.9% as of this Friday midday recording.