Any shift in investor sentiment may result in speculators fleeing the gold market, driving its price down sharply, quickly. One significant risk for gold is a near-term reversal in the dollar, which recently fell to a two-year low.
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Gold prices firmed up after Tuesday's decline, mainly because of fresh buying by local jewellers at the domestic spot market, coupled with a better trend globally.
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While gold declined by Rs 50 to Rs 28,750 per ten grams, silver dipped by Rs 25 to Rs 42,075 per kg on lack of buying support.
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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.
Rising trend in gold remained unabated on the bullion market on Thursday with the yellow metal rising sharply to end at another new record high of Rs 6610 per 10 gram due to poor supply after further sharp rise in the global prices.
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Investment consulting firm Millwood Kane International said on Tuesday that investments in gold gave gains of nearly 28 per cent in rupee terms during 2020 and will remain in focus for investors in the coming year. "The yellow metal has had a phenomenal year with gains of nearly 28 per cent in rupee terms. "After a double-digit gain in 2019, this will be the second year in a row that gold will be posting a stellar rise," said founder and CEO Nish Bhatt.
The government was also faced with problems on its balance of payments. It took steps to conserve declining foreign exchange reserves, and began to regulate the production, supply and distribution of gold. It banned forward trading in the yellow metal in November 1962, and introduced gold bonds as well, reveals the RBI's annual report for the year ending June 1963.
Gold prices nose-dived across the country on Friday on panic selling by stockists, triggered by a fall in overseas markets amidst off marriage and festival season and recorded losses between Rs 100 and Rs 180 per ten gram.
Silver, however, remained weak and fell by Rs 130 to Rs 39,600 per kg due to slackened demand from industrial units.
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Gold prices tumbled across the country on Thursday on emergence of heavy selling by stockists in line with a weak trend in international markets ranging from Rs 80 to Rs 160 per ten grams.
The RBI banned imports on a consignment basis, making it difficult for jewellers to source raw material.
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Last month's deficit stood at $9.22 billion, the trade ministry said, compared with $10.56 billion in October -- a traditional gold buying season.
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The RBI on Wednesday eased gold import norms by allowing select trading houses, in addition to already permitted banks, to procure the precious metal to boost exports.
In the overseas market, the yellow-metal was trading higher amid bargain hunting.
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Gold prices are struggling and are down 18 per cent from their March highs. But stock prices have fallen even more. As a result, the precious metal has begun to outperform equities - both in the domestic market and international markets. Gold prices are up 2.6 per cent in the domestic market in the current calendar year (CY22) so far, according to the World Gold Council (WGC), compared to a 1.7 per cent decline in the Sensex year-to-date (YTD).
Despite gold prices hitting record highs, analysts aren't gung-ho about the outlook for gold financiers Muthoot Finance and Manappuram Finance. This, they said, was due to intense competition from banks, coupled with stagnating loan books and likely pressure on margins.
India, the world's largest consumer of gold, has imported 393.68 tonnes of the yellow metal during the April-September period of this year
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The Prime Minister's Economic Advisory Council Chief further said that 'inflation is showing signs of coming down and therefore attraction of financial products will be greater'.
Traders said gold prices surged on hectic buying by stockists for the marriage season and weak rupee against the dollar, making the precious metal costlier.
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The yellow metal now trades at a 0.5 per cent premium over its landed cost, compared to a 4 per cent discount in mid-September because jewellers have voluntarily withdrawn the display of cash price from their website.
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Traders said besides reduced offtake at existing higher levels, weak trend in global markets mainly kept pressure on the prices of precious metals.
