Gold slumps and platinum falls by most ever amid hunt for cash

Precious metals took another beating on concerns that a wave of emergency stimulus measures by central banks won’t be enough to improve a rapidly deteriorating economic outlook. Gold, coming off the biggest weekly drop in almost four decades, extended losses below $1 500/oz as market sentiment soured even after further emergency moves by the Federal Reserve. Platinum tumbled the most on record and silver fell the most since 2011.