Gold rises on plunging U.S. stock indexes

CHICAGO, Jan. 24 (Xinhua) -- Gold futures on the COMEX division of the New York Mercantile Exchange rose on Monday as U.S. stock indexes plunged.

The most active gold contract for February delivery rose 9.9 U.S. dollars, or 0.54 percent, to close at 1,841.7 dollars per ounce.

Gold found additional support on geopolitical tensions between Russia and Ukraine, as U.S. President Joe Biden discussed deploying