Gold prices rise with uncertainty in Britain's exit from the European Union attracts offers of safe haven

Gold prices rose on Wednesday in Asia, where traders chose to get safe metal after the British Prime Minister Teresa Mai's exit deal for another loss in the British Parliament.
Parliament refused to deal pullout May for the second time on Tuesday, sparking fears of a scenario "a British exit from the European Union" before the scheduled departure on 29 March.
Will May a vote on Wednesday on whether to leave the European Union without an agreement and if the refusal of legislators, will vote on whether they would consider requesting a limited extension to Article 50, the requirement of the Treaty on European Union under which the United Kingdom withdraws from the books.
Asian equities were mostly in the red area on Wednesday, where investors were overwhelmed by a state of risk, but uncertainty stimulated demand for gold, which was considered a safe haven.
Gold futures prices rose by 0.5% to 1, 304, $ 35 by at 1:24 Eastern Time (05:24 GMT) on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange.
At the same time, the US dollar index, which measures the greenback against a basket of other currencies increased by 0.1% to 96.968.
Gold was also supported by some weak inflation data for the month of February from the United States, which confirms that the Fed has with its current wait-and-see.
In his speech last Friday, the president justified the Federal Reserve's Jerome Powell approach "wait and see" given that "there is nothing in the system that requires the immediate response of the policy particularly in relation to inflationary pressures silent."