Gold in India is expected to go higher due to weaker rupee and local physical demand on upcoming festival of Akshaya Tritiya/ rajathee.com
Gold in India is expected to go
higher due to weaker rupee and local physical demand on upcoming festival of
Akshaya Tritiya/ rajathee.com
Precious Metals:
US Gold futures hit a high of USD 1,427.3 an ounce, up 2.3 percent from
the previous close of USD 1,395.60. The June delivery was USD 1,423, up almost
2 percent.
Physical buying from Asia due to lowered prices helped regain momentum
in gold. But sentiments were still shaky
as gold backed ETF kept on falling further showing the weakness in physical
buying.
SPDR Gold Trust, the world's largest gold-backed exchange traded fund,
said its holdings fell 1.63 percent to 1104.71 tonnes on Monday from 1123.06
tonnes on Friday.
Gold prices can go higher as bargain hunting due to drop in gold prices
is still seen in the market, this can support the prices for bullions for few
days. However overall sentiment is still looking weaker as lack of physical
demand in ETF can pressurize the prices.
Gold in India is expected to go higher due to weaker rupee and local
physical demand on upcoming festival of Akshaya Tritiya.