Gold prices fell due to persistent selling by stockists triggered by a heavy sell-off in global markets.
The Reserve Bank, in Annual Monetary Policy Statement, has also asked banks to set up internal exposure limits for those non-banking financial companies who have gold loans portfolio of more than 50 per cent of the total financial assets.
Gold is said to be the most-favored investment instrument in India.
Paper currency was first developed in China in the Tang Dynasty during the seventh century, and was later introduced in the Mongol Empire, Europe and America.
A weak trend was noticed in Mumbai, as gold of 99.9 and 99.5 per cent purity slipped by Rs 60 each to Rs 30,540 and Rs 30,390 per ten gram respectively, while silver lost Rs 200 at Rs 45,600 per kg.
Treat silver as part of the procyclical or growth assets in your portfolio, advises Sanjay Kumar Singh.
Silver has a dual role - 60 per cent of the total silver produced is used for industrial purposes in the electrical & electronics segment and photovoltaic demand mostly for solar panels.
Hallmarking will guarantee the purity or fineness of the precious metal.
The government on Friday slashed import tariff value of gold to $507 per 10 grams and of silver to $871 a kg following fall in global prices of the precious metals.
Gold prices on Friday tumbled by Rs 360 to Rs Rs 30,060 per 10 grams in the bullion market on Friday, while silver shed Rs 550 on sluggish demand amid weak global cues.
Among the most valuable sources for gold mining production data, besides reports from mining companies themselves, are the Raw Materials Group in Solna, Sweden; Canada's Metals Economics Group in Halifax, Nova Scotia; and Intierra Resource Intelligence, based in Perth, Australia.
The precious metals continued its uninterrupted rally.
In the wake of rising global prices of precious metals, the government on Thursday hiked import tariff value of gold to $531 per 10 grams, while the value was kept unchanged at $899 per kg for silver imports.
It is the 166th birthday of Russian jeweller Peter Carl Faberge today.
Sharp rupee fall, interest differential on export finance rates may have led to arbitrage in gold.
Traders caution that branded jewellery customers may start opting for substitutes as high prices of previous metals and stones have already made buying any luxury items unaffordable for most of the middle class.
About 5,000-6,000 people are dealing in gold dust in West Bengal for months along the Ganges in and around Shibpur area of Howrah district without any licence whatsoever.
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 month of March could be worst in many years, with imports estimated only around 18 tonnes amid the coronavirus pandemic and the nationwide lockdown, said an industry player. The import in March 2019 was 72.5 tonnes, according to the GFMS data.
Last month saw DGCX record the highest volumes, as trades in futures contracts across the bourse crossed one million contracts.
The precious metal, which has been on an upward swing since last two weeks, shot up by Rs 240 to Rs 31,850 per 10 grams in the national capital region, surpassing previous record of Rs 31,725 set on September 1.
Gold today zoomed by Rs 1,025, its second biggest rise this year, to Rs 28,990 per 10 grams, on brisk buying by stockists and investors amid a firming global trend and shifting of funds to the precious metal from volatile equity and forex markets.
Traders said some demand for the festive season mainly supported the rise in prices of both the precious metals.
Silver has been quoting at a premium in India since mid-March because of huge scarcity.
Poor demand at existing higher levels further dampened the trading sentiment, traders said.
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Attributing the high Current Account Deficit to mainly gold import, Chidambaram said the inward shipments of the precious metal resulted in outgo of $50 billion.
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The reason, say market players, is heavy losses suffered by traders in south India and Ahmedabad dabbling in the white metal.
Traders said besides increased offtake by jewellers, both precious metals improved on some buying by investors who shifted their money from easing equities to the bullion.
Gold coins are selling at a Rs 100 per 10 gram premium since Guru Pushya Nakshatra, one of the most auspicious occasions for buying precious metals in western Indian states.
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Gold and silver extended gains in New Delhi on Monday on sustained buying by stockists, driven by firm global trends.
Silver, however, remained weak and fell by Rs 130 to Rs 39,600 per kg due to slackened demand from industrial units.
Gold production in India has dwindled in recent times.
Gold prices may trade higher in the coming days because of weaker dollar and speculations of US Fed rate cut.
India's traditional companies are now moving full scale into the renewable and alternative energy space that had been dominated by smaller players over the past decade. Companies such as government-owned NTPC and the Adani and the Tata groups restructured their businesses well in time to become major players in the green space. At the same time, other conventional companies, such as Larsen & Toubro and Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL), which have a presence both in the energy sector as well as myriad other activities - construction, technology and retailing - are tying up with new-age companies to hitch a ride to a greener path.
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.
Gold prices in India have been escalating very fast of late and in the last week of April, it scaled a new peak by adding Rs 50 to a record price of Rs 22,520 per 10 grams.
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