TOKYO -- China's bullish gold market has cooled this month after Beijing's proposal for stricter rules targeting money laundering touched off a sell-off.
Gold traded in Shanghai was routinely fetching a "Chinese premium" price of roughly $18 per troy ounce over the global benchmark. But that spread began crashing June 2, and the price now sits in discount territory.
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