Spot gold's intraday gain widened to as much as 3.00%, peaking at $4,345.23/oz.

June 15, Guangzhou — Guangdong provincial government and China Southern Power Grid signed a comprehensive '15th Five-Year' strategic cooperation framework. The agreement commits both parties to high-level, pragmatic cooperation on: building a new-energy system and a new power system; developing coordinated transmission-distribution-microgrid operations; guiding economy-wide green, low-carbon production and consumption shifts; creating a globally influential energy and power technology industry cluster; and deepening power-sector reform and safety governance. The framework aims to accelerate China Southern Power Grid's development into a world-class company and support Guangdong's leading role in China’s modernization drive.

French President Macron said he will continue to press for a ceasefire in Ukraine at the G7.