Submitted by Tyler Durden on 09/30/2013 - 10:53

It seems the earlier rumors that the Bank of France may be selling its gold - which had weighed on the price of precious metals this morning in the face of increasing uncertainty among the most indebted nations on the world - have been officially denied. As Bloomberg reports:
*BANK OF FRANCE HAS NO PLANS TO SELL GOLD, GAUTIER SAYS
And sure enough, Gold and Silver prices just screamed higher.