With panic-stricken investors fleeing equity and oil markets and taking refuge in the safe-haven yellow metal, gold prices rallied on Monday, having briefly breached the $1,700 level. As the global market started the week on a horrific footing, the relentless rout in global equities continued while spot gold rose 0.4 percent to $1,680.07 an ounce by 1136 GMT, having touched its highest since December 2012 at $1,702.56. US gold futures ...