Gold shines as coronavirus surge unnerves investors

LONDON (Reuters) - Gold prices surged to their highest in nearly eight years on Wednesday, while global shares cooled as signs of an acceleration in coronavirus cases kept investors on edge.Fuelling concerns about sustained weakness in the pace of the economic recovery was data showing several U.S. states seeing record infections and the death toll in Latin America passing 100,000, according to a Reuters tally.The European Union is even prepared to bar U.S. travellers because of the surge of..