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Add to that the fact that the yellow metal is now trading in the affordable $1,250-1,260 range - a sizeable discount from only a month ago - and gold jewelry sales are expected to surge as much as ...

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Much Indian jewelry is made from pure 24-carat gold, as opposed to the 14- and 18-karat pieces more common in the U.S. and Europe. Many Indian families use gold jewelry as savings.

Almost all Hindu deities appear extensively bejeweled, and India's religious practices have for millennia included the gift of gold and jewels to the gods. "Even the jingle of your ankle bells makes ...

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So enthralled is India with gold that Indian households control an estimated $600 to $800 billion worth of it, mostly in women's jewelry. That's four times the U.S. reserves in Fort Knox.

Gold has been a solid investment over the past 17 years. In April 2008, the price of gold was $1,354.54 per ounce, a triple-digit increase compared with today's price.

The RBI added 16 tons of gold to its holdings through the entirety of 2023. The RBI's gold holdings now stand at a new peak of 834.2 tons, constituting 8.7 percent of total forex reserves.