Articles Tagged "spot"

Gold Price Toes The Currency Line

By Kishori Krishnan Exclusive To Gold Investing News Gold is a safety mechanism and it is also an anti-inflation mechanism -  so you get two for the price of one. “Some people will claim there’s no value to it (gold) but so what, it does what it’s supposed to do,” according to Joseph Saluzzi, co-head [...]

India Gold Trade hoping for festival to prove a bright spot

India’s gold trade is desperately hoping a 12.5 percent dip in prices from an alltime high will ring in sales at a gold-buying festival later in April, a small window of opportunity before another dull spell. Ariez Tata, director with Cogent Jewellery, stated: We are getting orders and also hopeful of getting more. For full [...]

Mining costs see a bright future

Mining costs, which constituted the industry’s biggest headache up until a year ago, are now a bright spot for a sector more concerned with volatile demand and tight financing markets. The shift in costs follows several years of rampant inflation in the mining sector, which had kept gold miners from realizing the benefits of soaring [...]

Spot gold quoted at $810.00/812.50

Spot gold was quoted at $810.00/812.50 an ounce at 1310 GMT, down from $814.60 an ounce late on the previous session, as the firmer dollar dented interest in the metal as a currency hedge. For full story, click here