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Globally, gold rose 0.16 per cent to $1,279.70 an ounce in London.
Around 700 post offices across the country would sell gold coins this year.
Traders said gains in equities and a stronger dollar dented demand for the precious metals too.
While players like Paytm, MobiKwik, and PhonePe allow you to buy gold for Rs 1, Amazon Pay has kept the minimum amount at Rs 5. Digital gold is essentially an avenue for investing in physical gold.
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Marketmen said besides low demand from jewellers and retailers at prevailing levels, a weak global trend as the dollar touched a five-year high, damping investor demand for the metal as a safe-haven, weighed on gold prices.
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'There is no need to do anything, let your SIPs get deducted every month, and stick to your allocation between equity, fixed income and emergency funds and your risk covers.'
Silver also eased by Rs 200 to Rs 38,200 per kg on reduced offtake by industrial units and coin makers.
The Defence Minister said the government is committed to protect the sanctity of Parliament.
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Silver also rose 0.8 per cent to $16.63 an ounce.
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"We know that the Communists do not respect the Indian history, culture and spirituality but nobody imagined they would have such hatred," Modi said.
Silver, however, held steady at Rs 37,100 per kg
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Silver also dropped Rs 560 to Rs 36,440 per kg.
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Old-timers seem not impressed with the idea of dropping from the RJD poster its jailed supremo who is acknowledged, across party lines, as the biggest crowd puller ever seen in Bihar's poitical arena.
India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni hasn't been lucky with the coin of late and there are times when the spin of the coin does have a telling impact on the match.
Branding Trinamool Congress rebels as 'traitors' like Mir Jafar, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday took a swipe at the Bharatiya Janata Party for fielding the turncoats in the polls leaving saffron party old-timers shed tears.
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Silver traded higher by Rs 250 to Rs 34,400 per kg.
Globally, gold climbed $12.10, or 1 per cent, to $1,220.40 an ounce.
However, silver extended its weakness for the second straight day and lost Rs 90 to Rs 45,230 per kg on reduced offtake by industrial units and coin makers.
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Gold prices rose for the third straight day.
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Rich tributes were paid to the architect of the Constitution, B R Ambedkar, in various parts of the country on Sunday, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi saying that his economic thought and vision have not been fully understood and the government was leaving no stone unturned to fulfil his dreams of a prosperous and inclusive India.
Traders said sustained buying by stockists helped gold prices to extend gains for the third straight session.
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The sale will be quicker if an Indian private bank buys it; it will take longer for regulatory clearances if a foreign bank or an NBFC buys it, points out Tamal Bandyopadhyay.
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