Global stocks hover near record highs, gold breaches $1,500 Updated : December 25, 2019 07:00 AM IST US gold futures rose more than 1 percent to hit a high of $1,505.00 an ounce. On Wall Street, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 36.08 points, or 0.13 percent, to 28,515.45. The dollar index rose 0.03 percent, with the euro down 0.03 percent to $1.1083.