Swiss central bank to sell 283T of gold
The bank said it had already sold about 603 tons since May 2000, raking in a little over Sf9.1bn (US$6.1bn), Reuters reported. It said gold would continue to be sold in regular transactions with current customers.
The SNB is selling gold it no longer needs for monetary reserves and has
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