Soaring prices no bar, demand for gold rises 8% in March quarter
Wed, May 1, 2024 9:59 AM

Soaring prices no bar, demand for gold rises 8% in March quarter

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Kolkata: Demand for gold bars and coins, which are primarily bought as investment, rose 19% in the quarter ended March 31, at par with the first three months of 2022 when the growth was the strongest since 2014.Jewellery sales increased 4% to 95 tonnes, taking the overall gold demand 8% higher from a year earlier to 136.6 tonnes, according to a report released by the World Gold Council (WGC).

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