Spot gold jumped 1.1% to $5,243.58 per ounce, as of 0314 GMT, after scaling a record high of $5,247.21 earlier, up more than 20% since the start of the year. The buying and selling prices were 76,850 and 76,950 baht for bullion, and 75,314.88 and 77,750 baht for gold ornaments. A shop employee carefully examines a necklace with a magnifying glass at a gold shop in Bangkok's Chinatown, Yaowarat, on Monday. United States dollar banknotes are seen at the Museum of American Finance in New York on Oct 15, 2010. Spot silver was up 1.9% at $115.11 an ounce, after hitting a record high of $117.69 on Monday.
