[International gold prices continue to hit new highs, spot gold and COMEX gold futures both rose by more than 3% this week] Golden Finance reported that international gold prices continued to hit new highs, and spot gold and COMEX gold futures both rose by more than 3% this week. Spot gold rose 0.77% to $2,577.7 per ounce, up 3.21% this week; COMEX gold futures rose 1.08% to $2,608.4 per ounce, up 3.31% this week. Spot silver rose 2.81% to $30.719 per ounce, up 9.97% this week. COMEX silver futures rose 3.22% to $31.075 per ounce, up 10.26% this week.