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QE 3 stimulus has helped create a buoyancy in gold and silver futures as precious metals continue to be favoured by investors at times of inflation. On Monday trading, US gold futures October has gained 0.25% at 1774.45 ounce while Silver has risen to 0.04% to $34.67 per ounce.Some analysts had earlier expect gold to climb back to record highsof$2000 by end 2012 while silver could gain from both industrial and investment demand. Weakness in dollar index is also supportive of the yellow metal.In Indian markets, festival demand has not spurred buying due to record high prices of Rs 32,900 that prevailed last week. But prices fell sharply to Rs 32,500 per 10 gram as stockists booked profits, traders said. Sileve witnessed decreased offtake on weaker demand from industrial units and coin makers.A weak Rupee will continue to impact prices of imported gold in the country and hence will adversely impact demand, traders said.
Friday. Monthly flow so far has reached 27 tonnes taking YTD inflow to 143 tonnes. The pick up in longer-term sticky interest alongside the move up in prices lends support to gold extending its gains.The most recent CFTC data showed golds non-commercial positions climbed to the highest since February of this year. Net speculative length added 11.6 klots with long positions gaining 9.5 klots, while short positions fell by 2.1 klots. Net speculative length as a percentage of open interests has climbed to 40%.