Bright days dull gold's shine FEARS that gold's 12-year bull run has come to an end -- because all is good with the world -- have given local gold equities a bad case of the wobbles. Gold stocks yesterday were down by 3-5 per cent in response to gold falling under $US1600 an ounce for a moment last week, and it seemed to matter not that the yellow metal in yesterday's Asian markets was rebuilding at around $US1615 an ounce.