Daily Times

Prices of gold increased scanty in the domestic and international bullion market following improved demand from hedgers and Gold Futures speculation on day’s physical price parity.

The yellow metal was traded at Rs 57,235 per tola, up by Rs 36 per tola. In grammage term, gold moved up by Rs 30 per ten grams to stay at Rs 49,122 per ten grams.

Gold rebounded previous’ day fall to climb by $2 an ounce to close at $1,256 an ounce on buying by investors.

Generally investors turn to gold whenever dollar starts declining and oil prices move higher.

Investors had naturally to allocate money to sectors that would make money, either in stocks or in bullion market.

However, the escalation of gold prices in the local markets is not proportionate with the upsurge in international markets. This is because the demand for gold declines locally whenever it turns dearer globally.

Gold was trading in local markets at cheaper rates than Dubai and Saudi Arabia, where people have purchasing power. Here the purchasing power of general public has fallen, so they don’t buy gold when it gets expensive because it is not an essential item.

Published in Daily Times, July 7^th 2018.