Gold recorded its worst weekly slump this year in the week ending May 24 on hawkish FOMC minutes and robust US PMIs. Now, markets largely look for just one rate cut this year as traders readjust their rate expectations in the wake of the US data and the Fed’s stance. Spot gold closed with a … Read more
Spot gold tested a new lifetime high last week due to a combination of factors that have converged to propel the demand for the yellow metal. Multiple catalysts like US rate cut speculation, China’s economic stimulus, and renewed geopolitical tensions attributed to the rise in prices. Prices on the London spot market surged near to … Read more
Many festivals in India are considered auspicious to buy Gold, and Dhanteras is among the favourites. In India, people invest in Gold for long-term gains. That is why Indian households have the highest reserves of Gold, roughly 21000 tonnes. Gold is very close to Indian’s hearts and is a more sentimental investment than a speculative … Read more
COMEX Gold prices started the week on a negative note, plunging almost 2.5% in the first two days. The yellow metal approached an eleven-week low of $1,810.8 per troy ounce notched in the previous week, as Fed chair Jerome Powell unveiled a hawkish tilt. During the congressional testimony, Fed chair Jerome Powell said that the … Read more
After a turbulent February, bullion has started March on a positive note. Gold recovered over 2 per cent over the week in the international market while gaining 0.54 per cent on the MCX. As trading resumes this week, gold and silver prices are likely to take cues from a host of important events. The Street … Read more
Central banks added a whopping 1,136 tonnes of gold worth some $70 billion to their stockpiles in 2022, by far the most of any year since 1967, the World Gold Council (WGC) said on Tuesday. The data underline a shift in attitudes to gold since the 1990s and 2000s, when central banks, particularly those in … Read more
Akshay Tritiya is considered an auspicious occasion to start new things and make valuable purchases. Indians have a special attachment to gold, and over the years, have continued to import gold in huge quantities to fulfil their insatiable desire for the yellow metal. While Indian attraction to gold is unparalleled, demand is highly sensitive to … Read more
Physical gold in India was sold at a discount this week for the first time in 2021 as a spike in coronavirus cases prompted strict restrictions and kept buyers away. Several Indian states have run out of coronavirus vaccines as new infections surged to another daily record. “Almost every state government has put some kind … Read more
By Swansy Afonso, Haslinda Amin and Rishaad Salamat Gold demand in the world’s second-biggest user will rebound this year after collapsing in 2020 as the rollout of vaccines pushes life back closer to normal, according to the World Gold Council. Some of the weddings and festive buying that had been postponed because of the pandemic … Read more
NEW DELHI: Arms smuggling routes are being used to ferry gold into the country and the Northeast region has recorded the highest seizure of the yellow metal in 2019-20, a report by Directorate of Revenue Intelligence has said. Arms smuggling took a hit with the decline in insurgency after 2013-14, the DRI report said. “But … Read more