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Gold prices plummet to a five year low
Last updated on Jul 22, 2015, 08:43 pm
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Massive selling on Shanghai Gold Exchange pushed gold prices by 4% to a five-year low. The prices dropped to $ 1,088.05 an ounce, the lowest since March 2010.
RBI has taken several measures to bring pricing under control; India had earlier spent $15.2 Billion to make the biggest import in May 2013.
Despite the fall, transactions were minimal anticipating a further downside in prices.
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17 Jul 2015
China increases gold reserves post six years
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The People's Bank of China (PBoC) boosted its gold reserves overnight by 57%. This move was made for the first time in six years.
Analysts predicted that this shift would not have a deep impact on prices.
This report came in after months of speculation that the Chinese government was surreptitiously buying gold.
The move made China the world's fifth largest gold reserve.
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18 Jul 2015
With falling prices, dealers stock gold
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Dealers in India resorted to stocking gold due to the plummet in the prices in the domestic and global gold market.
With US Federal Reserve tightening the polices and proposing a change in rates, dealers anticipated a further fall in the price.
Meanwhile, Indian markets expected a surge in retail jewellery sales as the market had become sluggish after Akshaya Tritiya.
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20 Jul 2015
Chinese gold dumping triggers trade and panic
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Gold prices declined as the Chinese makets off-loaded it. In addition, speculators capitalised on the declining trend and traded actively hinting at global liquidation.
Chinese gold reserves were reduced to half its expected level as a result of the dump it made in the market.
It was gauged that 33 tonnes of gold was traded on the Shanghai spot market.
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23 Jul 2015
Gold prices plummet to a five year low
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Massive selling on Shanghai Gold Exchange pushed gold prices by 4% to a five-year low. The prices dropped to $ 1,088.05 an ounce, the lowest since March 2010.
RBI has taken several measures to bring pricing under control; India had earlier spent $15.2 Billion to make the biggest import in May 2013.
Despite the fall, transactions were minimal anticipating a further downside in prices.
