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Gold jumped to a record high of $1,476.21 an ounce (U.S.) for a fifth straight trading day as the prospect of deeper declines in the U.S. dollar drove investors into the precious metal. Silver hit its highest since early 1980 at $41.93 an ounce as holdings of the world's largest silver-backed exchange-traded fund, New York's iShares Silver Trust, rose to a record 11,243 tonnes.The gold-to-silver ratio was at a 28-year low around 35.

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