By Polina Devitt

LONDON (Reuters) -Anxieties over global geopolitical and economic risks are the biggest drivers pushing gold’s 53% surge this year to a record over $4,000 an ounce, with analysts seeing little to halt the surge.

The precious metal has climbed twofold over the last three years as investors have sought safety amid Europe’s biggest conflict since World War Two between Russia and Ukraine, and the fighting in Gaza between Israel and Hamas that has killed thousands, mainly Palestinians, and expanded to include airstrikes on Iran and Yemen and disruptions to maritime trade.

Economically, there is investor angst fuelled by uncertainty over the U.S. economy as President Donald Trump has unleashed tariffs that have upended global trade, concerns about U.S. dollar strength, Federa

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