Gold Stocks Bid Higher Ahead of Fed Minutes (ABX) (GLD)

Gold stocks were bid higher Tuesday, with Barrick Gold (NYSE: ABX), Goldcorp (NYSE: GG), Newmont Mining (NYSE: NEM), Gold Fields (NYSE: GFI) and others gaining ground, while spot gold prices and ETFs like SPDR Gold Trust (NYSE: GLD) traded higher.

Action comes ahead of the release of Fed minutes scheduled at 2 pm today.

There was also action in FX markets overnight with Vietnam devaluing its currency after China's yuan devaluation last week. Kazakhstan also devalued its currency.

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