Gold - which set a record above $2,782 an ounce in Wednesday's trading - has registered gains every month this year, apart from a minor pullback in January, and in June, when prices were flat.
Xi will visit Saudi Arabia from Dec. 7-9, when he will take part in a regional summit with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and other Arab leaders
Multiplicity of actors and their shifting roles make it difficult to predict the outcomes