Gold prices drop ₹200 on weak demand, sliver rates fall ₹500
Gold prices fell by ₹200 to ₹31,750 per 10 grams today; Silver declined by ₹500 to ₹37,300 per kg
New Delhi: Gold prices fell by ₹ 200 to ₹ 31,750 per 10 grams on Saturday due to tepid demand from local jewellers amid a weak trend overseas.
Silver, too, slumped by ₹ 500 to ₹ 37,300 per kg owing to reduced demand from industrial units.
Market analysts said tepid demand from local jewellers and retailers at the domestic spot market weighed on the prices of the yellow metal.
Globally, gold traded lower at $1,222.74 an ounce and silver was at $14.27 an ounce in New York on Friday.
In the national capital, gold of 99.9 per cent and 99.5 per cent purity fell by ₹ 200 each to ₹ 31,750 and ₹ 31,600 per 10 grams, respectively. The precious metal had lost ₹ 90 on Friday.
Sovereign, too, fell by ₹ 100 to end at ₹ 24,700 per piece of eight grams.
In line with gold, silver ready dropped by ₹ 500 to ₹ 37,300 per kg and weekly-based delivery shed ₹ 486 to reach ₹ 36,100 per kg.
Silver coins, however, continued to be traded at the previous level of ₹ 73,000 for buying and ₹ 74,000 for selling of 100 pieces.
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