GLOBAL MARKETS-Stocks hover near record highs, gold breaches $1,500
December 24, 2019 at 11:51 AM EST
Gold surged past $1,500 an ounce and a gauge of global equity markets hovered near record highs on Tuesday in a year-end rally spurred by hopes of a U.S.-Sino Phase 1 trade deal and as China's latest policy easing pledge added to investor optimism.
