"If all the investment now will be done in the city where there are huge needs to reconstruct all the infrastructure, where there will be a lot of demand in terms of construction work, then you will have again a pull effect from the rural areas back into a city that is not ready to absorb a lot more people than they have today."

VOA: standard.2010.07.16

The Dow Jones Industrial Average hit a new all-time record high Tuesday, which did pull demand away from safe-haven markets, as traders exhibited better risk appetite on this given day.

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This suggests fresh flight-to-safety buying by investors (including into gold), which will pull way demand for risk assets like stocks.

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However, gains are being limited as higher European and U.S. stock markets pull some investment demand away from safe-haven gold.

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