2014-09-25telegraph.co.uk

``Traders who manipulate key oil, gold and currency benchmarks will be handed the same huge fines or jail sentences as those who rig Libor under government proposals to tackle market abuse. The Treasury launched a formal consultation on Thursday to extend the new legislation to cover the foreign exchange, fixed income and commodity markets. Under the proposals, the legislation would cover the London Gold Fixing and the LMBA Silver Price, which determine the price of the precious metals in the London market.''



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