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The government has retained 10% duty on import of the yellow metal.
Dealers anticipated a sharp rise in jewellery demand this wedding season, but then came demonetisation.
Vijayveer Sidhu, 16, shot a gold in the 25m standard pistol event for junior men after combining with Rajkanwar Singh Sandhu and Adarsh Singh to claim the team gold on the last day of the ISSF World Championships.
The United States set a world record of three minutes and 50.40 seconds in the women's 4x100m medley relay final at the world championships on Sunday.
'If we want to ensure this isn't a once-in-four-decade phenomenon, then we have to produce 1,800 players all the time, create infrastructure, so that we are constantly challenging at the top of the ladder.'
Gold prices staged a smart rebound to surpass the psychologically important Rs 28,000 milestone.
Silver surged by Rs 1,575 per kg on higher speculative and industrial offtake.
Imports are down also because local traders are clearing unaccounted stock after introduction of 1 per cent excise duty
In the overseas market, the yellow-metal was trading higher amid bargain hunting.
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Gold slumped by Rs 260 at the domestic bullion market on Thursday due to a fresh wave of profit taking by investors and traders amid reduced stockist demand.
Lenders feel temples still have a few apprehensions.
Prathap Reddy, chairman, Apollo Hospitals group, said the group was aiming to provide the best of West and East in healthcare.
'Gorkhas are terrific soldiers. They are known the world over for their fighting qualities.'
Gold prices fell to a 5-year low of less than $1,100/ounce.
Measure to be implemented in metros first, followed by state capitals, district HQs and rest of country
The precious metal gold peaked to 11 week high on the domestic markets Friday following higher international advices on weaker dollar.
Gold prices rose further to touch an all-time high during early trade on the bullion market in Mumbai on Tuesday, with standard gold being quoted at Rs 6,495 per ounce and pure gold at Rs 6,530.
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In the June quarter of FY24, 51 per cent of consumers who took small-ticket personal loans already had more than four credit products at the time of accessing yet another new loan, compared with just 17 per cent in the June quarter of FY20, points out Tamal Bandyopadhyay.
Gold jumps on good seasonal support; silver extends losses.
The options include involving jewellers as collection centres, addressing of issues that banks have been facing and using domestically available gold for giving metal loans to jewellers for domestic sales.
In 2013, the fall in international gold prices was 28 per cent.
Gold prices fell further at the local bullion market on Saturday due to reduced off-take by stockists as well as lack of local buying support at the existing levels.
Spot gold was substantially higher at USD 1,117.40 an ounce in early European trade.
Standard gold of 99.5 per cent purity declined by Rs 220 to end at Rs 25,680 per 10 gm. Silver plunged below the Rs 46,000 per kg-mark.
In 5 years, the average demand for gold has been 895 tonnes annually.
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Currently, there is no standard method for arriving at the value of gold accepted as collateral and valuation is arbitrary and opaque.
The current bear run has already been the second longest since 1975.
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Gold demand in rural India is expected to be lower this year with weak monsoon affecting household savings, according to the World Gold Council (WGC).
The trend is expected to continue for a couple of months. But that hardly moves investors. Confusion, lack of knowledge and unpredictability are some reasons for gold ETF not pickling up as an investment option in India, market pundits say. The idea of gold ETF was first officially conceptualized by Benchmark Asset Management Company in India when it filed a proposal with the SEBI in May 2002.
Price up on weak dollar and strong demand
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley's decision to cut arbitrage may ensure that the standards of purity of the refined gold in the Indian market meet the global benchmark
The current monetary 'non-system' is the only way to deal with the turmoil in the world economy.
India's judoka Tulika Maan gave her all but came up short against Scotland's Sarah Adlington in the final to settle for a silver medal in the women's 78kg category in the Commonwealth Games on Wednesday.
Murali Sreeshankar is the only third Indian to finish in the top-three of a Diamond League after Olympic champion javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra and former discus thrower Vikas Gowda.
There seems to be a barrage of age-old blunders that people tend to commit in the name of skincare, says dermatologist Dr Batul Patel, director, The Bombay Skin Clinic.
The former Union home minister claimed that the provisions in the bill can be misused as the police can arrest and take fingerprints and DNA samples of even those who are taking part in political rallies.
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