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Gold hits fresh high, nears Rs 50k/10 gm
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SME Times News Bureau | 22 Jul, 2020
As economic uncertainty
continues in the wake of the rising number of coronavirus cases, gold
futures on the Multi-Commodity Exchange (MCX) on Wednesday touched a new
high and neared the Rs 50,000 per 10 gram mark.
The August contract on MCX earlier in the day surged to a new high of Rs 49,996 per 10 gram.
Currently, the contract is trading at Rs 49,872.00, higher by Rs 345 or 0.70 per cent from its previous close.
The
steady demand for the yellow metal continues as other assets classes
including equities and properties are not doing well amid the economic
slowdown.
Further, the highly unpredictable economic situation makes investors move towards the safe haven asset.
A
recent report by the World Gold Council (WGC) said that with investors
looking at safer assets amid the Covid-19 pandemic, investment in gold
is likely to make up for the fall in consumption demand for the precious
metal.
The report titled 'Gold Mid-Year Outlook 2020' noted that
in the current global economic environment, three factors are
supportive of investment demand for gold -- high risk and uncertainty,
low opportunity cost and positive price momentum.
"Additionally,
we expect investors to turn to gold as a means of hedging as we have
seen in the first half of this year," it said.
Like the money
market and high-quality bond funds, gold benefited from investors' need
to reduce risk, with the recognition of gold as a hedge further
underscored by the record inflows seen in gold-backed ETFs, according to
the WGC report.
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Customs Exchange Rates |
Currency |
Import |
Export |
US Dollar
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66.20
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64.50 |
UK Pound
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87.50
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84.65 |
Euro
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78.25
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75.65 |
Japanese
Yen |
58.85 |
56.85 |
As on 13 Aug, 2022 |
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