Mumbai, Dec. 27 -- COMEX Gold futures jumped to a record high on Friday, witnessing excellent buying support on safe-haven demand and rising expectations of further interest rate cuts by the US Federal Reserve. The US dollar index is trading in a very lax manner and is down around 1.60% this month. COMEX Gold futures zoomed near $4560 per ounce, bouncing around 4% this week. Indian spot retail demand in thin right now and a meaningful pick-up could be seen only after the year-end. Meanwhile, the US President Donald Trump has said that he expects the next chairman of the US Federal Reserve to keep interest rates low and never disagree with him. This is keeping overall mood upbeat for the bullion counters. Gold has soared sharply after an esc...