Gold tumbles Rs950; silver nosedives Rs4,500

New Delhi: Gold prices tumbled by Rs950 to Rs71,050 per 10 grams in the local market here on Monday due to weak demand from jewellers.

According to the All India Sarafa Association, the precious metal of 99.9 per cent purity closed at Rs72,000 per 10 grams in the previous session on Saturday. Gold of 99.5 per cent purity also plunged Rs1,650 to Rs70,700 per 10 grams. On Saturday, it closed at Rs72,350 per 10 grams. Silver also declined Rs4,500 to Rs84,500 per kg on decreased offtake by coin makers and industrial units. This marks the biggest single-day fall in silver prices in 2024. It ended at Rs89,000 per kg in the previous session. TradeRssaid reduced demand from jewelleRsas well as retail buyeRsled to the fall in gold prices.

“Last week, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in the Budget announced a customs duty cut from 15 per cent to 6 per cent, weighing on the domestic front. Post the cut in import duty, gold premiums in India jumped to their highest level in a decade,” Manav Modi, senior analyst (commodity research) at Motilal Oswal Financial Services Ltd.