Industry estimates suggest that nearly 30 tonnes of gold is sold on Akshay Tritiya, last year
New ones should build their allocation gradually upon corrections
Appreciating rupee restricts jump, global monetary easing to support gold further
Not only are prices swinging in an erratic fashion - surging one moment and crashing the next - that is undermining the metal's vaunted status as a haven in times of crisis
This is a boon for investors holding gold exchange-traded funds and sovereign gold bonds
Gold, which was hovering around $1,321 an ounce in January 2019, has already breached $1,600 per ounce in the past few sessions to a seven-year high.
The RBI buys gold to hedge the government's sovereign gold bond issue, launched in November 2015
Unlike earlier, gold and silver meeting the Indian standards could now be delivered on exchanges like MCX which deal in their derivatives
Massive purchases by central banks have been another driver of demand for the yellow metal
Commodity outlook and trading ideas by Bhavik Patel - Sr. Technical Analyst (Commodities), Tradebulls.
Jewellers to be given a year's time to clear stocks that aren't hallmarked and get themselves registered
Gold has been selling at a premium for the first time since the Union Budget for 2019-20, presented on July 5, when import duty on gold was raised to 12.5 per cent
Loan assets of the group grow by 13% to Rs 40,390 crore during first half of FY20
The lack of a coherent policy and the unwillingness of Indian jewellers to reform are tarnishing the industry
In this Samvat, investors earned 20.4 per cent from gold. The last year in which returns from gold were as good, was Samvat 2067 and 2068, though 2072 was not bad either
The central bank's gold reserves is valued at about $27 billion as of October 18, latest data showed
While in the near term, gold can remain range-bound as there are various conflicting forces at play, there are triggers that can propel prices higher in the long run
In the first six months (January to June) of this calendar year, India imported 427.8 tonnes of gold at a monthly average of 71.3 tonnes
The demand for gold took a major hit in the domestic market after the import duty on the precious metal was raised from 10 per cent to 12.5 per cent, leading to a sharp increase in gold prices
In Mumbai's physical market, standard gold (995 purity) was trading at Rs 36,850 on Wednesday, nearly Rs 1,000 lower than in the futures market