Indian overtakes China in gold consumption.
India will also launch a sovereign gold bond to lower physical demand.
The yellow metal remained in demand ahead of the upcoming 'Akshya Tritya' festival, considered to be an auspicious day for purchasing gold and the beginning of marriage season.
Gold prices continue to extend previous day's gains on the bullion market on Monday with most of the stockists purchasing triggered by a firm international trend.
Gold prices this year are higher than last year, and the goods and services tax is an additional burden for consumers
Both the government as well as the RBI took a series of steps to curb imports of gold and other non-essential items in addition to increase foreign exchange inflows.
International Monetary Fund has completed the sale of 403.3 tonnes of gold, as part of its two-year efforts to bolster the lender's finances that also saw India's central bank purchasing 200 tonnes of the precious metal last year.
Recycling in India fell by 22 per cent to 14 tonnes against 18 tonnes.
Indian gold demand seen falling to 8-year low in festive quarter.
Last year on Dhanteras, the precious metal stood at Rs 31,400 per 10 grams.
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Replaces China as imports more than double to 204 tonnes in September quarter, with demand up 39%.
Discounts and incentives are attractions jewelleres are offering along with new designs to woo customers to boost sales ahead of Diwali.
In Jan the country raised the import tax on the yellow metal by 2 percentage points.
Gold prices spurted on the bullion market on Wednesday on sustained buying by stockists influenced by a firming trend in international markets and set a new high at Rs 7,750 per ten gram.
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Gold prices on Tuesday rose by Rs 227 to Rs 28,418 per 10 gm in futures trade, largely on speculative positions created by participants amid a firming trend at the spot market.
Dealers anticipated a sharp rise in jewellery demand this wedding season, but then came demonetisation.
Foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) have withdrawn over Rs 12,000 crore from Indian equities this month so far, mainly due to a sustained rise in US bond yields and the uncertain environment resulting from the Israel-Hamas conflict. However, the story takes an intriguing turn on observing FPI activity in Indian debt as they have infused over Rs 5,700 crore into the debt market during the period under review, data with the depositories showed. Going ahead, the trajectory of FPIs' investments in India will be influenced not only by global inflation and interest rate dynamics but also by the developments and intensity of the Israel-Hamas conflict, Himanshu Srivastava, associate director - manager research, Morningstar Investment Adviser India, said.
It makes sense to wait for govt schemes such as gold bonds.
Sky-high gold jwellery prices will haunt buyers in 2010 also though India is better placed than its global peers, where people are slowly turning back to purchases, according to World Gold Council.
Gold prices rose on the bullion market in New Delhi on Monday on emergence of buying by investors amid purchasing by stockists, as funds got diverted from falling equity markets.
Gold surged to a fresh all-time high of Rs 28,540 per 10 grams in the bullion market today on sustained buying by stockists and investment-driven purchases fuelled by the bullish trend in international markets.
The gold market has remained under pressure.
India's jewellery consumption in Sept quarter increases 5% to 193 tonnes.
Around 700 post offices across the country would sell gold coins this year.
Consumer sentiment seen better than last year's
The all-time high price of silver is Rs 75,000 a kg, recorded in April 2011.
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.
Silver also gained Rs 300 to Rs 41,300 per kg.
While gold prices declined by Rs 340 to Rs 30,200 per ten gram, silver dropped by Rs 540 to Rs 48,455 per kg on reduced offtake by jewellers and coin makers.
The prices of gold last year on the Dhanteras day ruled at Rs 12,070 per 10 gram.
Going ahead, the likely implementation of the goods and services tax bill in July and how the monsoons play out will have a bearing on India's demand for gold and gold jewellery
Concern would kick in if imports stay at or over 100 tonnes a month.
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Gold prices fell to a 5-year low of less than $1,100/ounce.
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Gold prices fell by Rs 180 to Rs 27,520 per 10 grams on Monday, while silver prices also dropped by Rs 300 to Rs 45,500 per kg taking weak global price trend.
