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GOLD FIXING [5 records]

Record 1 2002-04-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Organizations, Administrative Units and Committees
  • Investment
  • Stock Exchange
OBS

The gold market consists of five members that meet daily at the premises of N. M. Rothschild for the purpose of ’fixing’ the price of gold in US. [Klein, Gerald. Dictionary of Banking. Pitman Publishing, 1995].

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes, unités administratives et comités
  • Investissements et placements
  • Bourse
Key term(s)
  • fixing de Londres
  • marché de l'or de Londres

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Organismos, unidades administrativas y comités
  • Inversiones
  • Bolsa de valores
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Record 2 1999-03-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Photography
DEF

A printing-out paper in which a gold salt incorporated in the emulsion tones the image during fixing.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Photographie
DEF

Papier à noircissement direct dont la couche sensible contient également les sels nécessaires au virage.

Spanish

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Record 3 1998-07-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Currency and Foreign Exchange
DEF

A public session where the main foreign exchange rates are set against the domestic currency.

CONT

London has a fixing for gold.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Politique monétaire et marché des changes
CONT

Le fixing des devises, utilisé par les cambistes pour fixer quotidiennement, lors d'une séance de bourse, le cours des principales devises par rapport à la monnaie nationale, est supprimé en France depuis le 29 juin 1992.

Spanish

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Record 4 1998-07-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Stock Exchange
  • Investment
DEF

The daily practice by five participating London bullion houses of fixing the free-market gold price by matching the bid and offer prices.

CONT

The London Gold Market ... remains the world’s most watched market on the basis of two daily fixings ... At these fixings, the five members meet to match the buy and sell orders of their customers and thus establish a single quoted gold price, which is then flashed around the world.

Key term(s)
  • London fix

French

Domaine(s)
  • Bourse
  • Investissements et placements
DEF

Cotation de base de la barre d'or sur le marché. Depuis que la barre d'or est cotée à Paris, l'expression anglaise fixing, qui s'applique à la cotation de la barre sur le marché de Londres, tend à se répandre pour cette même cotation à Paris.

Spanish

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Record 5 1993-03-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Currency and Foreign Exchange
CONT

Exchange rate stabilization(is) fixing the value of the domestic currency in terms of gold or a foreign currency

French

Domaine(s)
  • Politique monétaire et marché des changes
CONT

La stabilisation du taux de change (est) obtenue en fixant la valeur de la monnaie nationale par rapport à l'or ou à une devise étrangère

Spanish

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