Sunday, 4 September 2011

Gold-Investment purchases drive up demand, premiums

Reuters Aug 31, 2011, 01.30pm IST
SINGAPORE: Gold premiums in Singapore and Hong Kong rose on growing appetite for physical gold from Asia's investors, after prices fell off a record above $1,900 hit last week.
An upcoming festival and wedding season in India and a week-long holiday in early October in China are expected to help boost gold appetite.
"Prices came down from the peak last week -- this is the main cause behind the buying," said a Singapore-based trader, adding that most buying came from households seeking to use gold to hedge against inflation and economic uncertainties rather than jewellers.

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