Hindus in different parts of India celebrate the auspicious day of Akshaya Tritiya for different reasons. Here are a few beliefs associated with the event.
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Here are some significant facts about Akshaya Tritiya and options available to buy gold.
Gold sales were reported at 40 tonnes last year; this might have been surpassed this year.
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Gold prices this year are higher than last year, and the goods and services tax is an additional burden for consumers
On gold buying occasions such as Akshaya Tritiya, Chiraj Mehta points out, investors are often confronted with the question: Should I make just a token purchase, or should I buy more towards building my allocation in the yellow metal?
Traders said a weakening trend in the precious metals overseas after the Federal Reserve pressed on with cuts to stimulus amid signs of a recovery in the US, reducing demand for the safe haven, mainly put pressure on the gold prices in New Delhi.
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Gold is currently ruling at Rs 30,050 per 10 grams.
Gold demand fell by 8 per cent to 45 tonnes on this year's Akshaya Tritiya, an auspicious day in the Hindu calendar for new purchase of long-term assets, due to a rise in prices, compared with 48.9 tonnes in a year-ago period, the World Gold Council said.
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Gold has lost some lustre over the past year and this is unlikely to return so soon, resulting in erosion of interest among investors.
Gold on Tuesday advanced further to hit a fresh two-month high of Rs 29,100 per 10 grams, driven by heavy buying by retail customers for the festival of 'Akshaya Tritiya'.
The Kedarnath temple, one of the 12 Jyotirlings, will open for devotees this Akshaya Tritiya and tentatively shut November 3 or Kartik Purnima November 15 or Bhai Dooj, November 20, depending on the weather.
On the occasion of Akshaya Trithiya and considering the gloomy economic scenario, should you invest in gold?
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Amazon India has witnessed an 84 per cent year-on-year (Y-o-Y) increase in sales of hallmarked gold jewellery and posted a 5-fold spike in demand during the first two days of its ongoing Amazon Great Indian Festival (AGIF) sale event, which started on September 27. This demand is for brands such as Malabar Gold and Diamonds, PN Gadgil Jewellers, Joyalukkas, PC Chandra and KISNA, among others. According to current trends, customers buy fine jewellery starting at Rs 2,000 in the silver category and shell out up to Rs 40,000 for gold and diamond jewellery. In the last year, Amazon has seen more customers opt for 14 Karat purity.
The Badrinath temple in the Garhwal Himalayas in Uttarakhand opened for devotees on Sunday, May 12, 2024, after remaining closed during the winter.
Debt-ridden telecom operator Vodafone Idea on Thursday reported widening of losses to Rs 7,675 crore in the March quarter amid rise in interest and financing cost. The company had registered a loss of Rs 6,419 crore in the year-ago period. The consolidated revenue of operations remained almost flat about Rs 10,607 crore during the reported quarter.
The Akshaya Patra Foundation, which provides free and nutritious meals to nearly a million children in government schools in half-a-dozen Indian states, last week made a $7 million commitment to feed an additional 100,000 schoolchildren. The organisation made the pledge at the Clinton Global Initiative in New York last week.
Gold seems to be losing its glitter in India due to a rise in prices. Demand in Q2CY24 was 149.7 tonnes - a 5 per cent drop compared to 158.1 tonnes in the same period last year, according to a report by the World Gold Council (WGC). Demand by value in April-June 2024 stood at Rs 93,850 crore, up by 14 per cent compared to Rs 82,530 crore in the same period last year.
According to industry estimates, 5 per cent of India's total gold consumption of about 750 tonnes is sold on this auspicious day alone. This year, too, customer's attraction towards gold is likely to continue despite high prices.
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Developers and consultants said even buyers have not been showing much enthusiasm in booking properties, due to high prices and the overall lacklustre economic environment.
Debt-ridden Vodafone Idea is planning to begin 5G rollout in six months in select cities and places where 5G device concentration is high, a senior company official said on Friday. Vodafone Idea CEO Akshaya Moondra said the company expects capital expenditure of the company to be in the range of Rs 50,000-Rs 55,000 crore over the next three years with focus on expanding and strengthening 4G coverage.
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11,000 mangoes were offered to Lord Ganesh on the occasion of Akshaya Tritiya organised by the Shrimant Dagdusheth Halwai Public Ganpati Trust and Suvarnayug Tarun Mandal in Pune.
In August 2021, Nick Read, chief executive of Vodafone Plc at the time, did not mince his words while speaking about the India business in an earnings call. Replying to an analyst's question on Vodafone Idea, a venture with the Aditya Birla Group that had piled on huge debts and worrisome losses, Read described it as a highly stressed situation that "they (Vodafone Idea) are trying to navigate... "We, as a group, try to provide them as much practical support as we can, but I want to make it very clear, we are not putting any additional equity into India.''
The government will review the weather conditions in the coming days and accordingly take a decision in the interest of the pilgrims, he said.
