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NEW YORK — The price of gold topped $1,800 an ounce for the first time, as concern about Europe’s debt problems intensified Wednesday. December gold contracts backed off their highs and closed up about $41 at $1,784 an ounce after reaching a record $1,801 an ounce earlier in the day on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Silver futures for September delivery rose $1.444, or 3.8 percent, to $39.327 an ounce.
