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Gold nears record high on India purchase
Gold prices rose to within striking distance of their record high on Tuesday after India agreed to buy 200 tonnes of bullion from the International Monetary Fund and traders speculated that there would be further purchases by emerging economies. The sale, for about $6.7bn, accounts for half of the IMF’s expected disposal of gold and signals a growing appetite among developing countries’ central banks for bullion in the wake of the global economic and financial crisis, said analysts. The move comes after China earlier this year revealed that it had quietly almost doubled its gold reserves to become the world’s fifth-biggest holder of the precious metal. Full Story
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Nov 3, 2009 10:50am
A move by central banks to buy gold could be a sign that banks are moving away from the U.S. dollar, which could be bad for the longer-term prospects for the USD.
 
Nov 3, 2009 12:25pm
Wow! Did these guys do this for real or on a demo account? Have they ever heard of the concept of liquidity? Let's worry about a depreciating USD, but not about gold prices that can move by 30% over a few days....6.7bUSD and the price of gold goes up by 4%. Now what happens if someone trades 6.7bUSD into EUR? Maybe you see a move of 20pips? Maybe the RBI of should be worried about paying off some debt instead of buying the biggest order of gold by mankind at all time high prices....
 
Nov 3, 2009 12:28pm
I see gold at $1,200 & $1,300 by the of November & December respectively.
 
Nov 3, 2009 2:56pm
it`s not the news from india

it`s looks like the third world war on the way...