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Safe Havens Maintain Gains as Korea Threats Linger
•Gold trades near 11-month high; yen, Swiss franc stay higher •Pyongyang is ‘begging for war,’ U.S. ambassador to UN says Asian equities were mixed and the yen and gold extended gains as traders awaited further developments on the North Korea front. Benchmark equity gauges fell in Tokyo and Sydney, and fluctuated elsewhere as the United Nations Security Council met to discuss the threat from Pyongyang following Sunday’s nuclear test and signs that the dictatorship is preparing to launch an intercontinental ballistic missile. S&P 500 Index futures were little changed with the cash market closed on Monday for ... (full story)