


Jewellery | World Gold Council
Q1 gold jewellery demand of 474t was relatively soft, particularly when compared with the bumper previous quarter. 1 But much of the decline can be accounted for by China and India, which together tend to generate between 55-60% of total quarterly jewellery consumption. Demand elsewhere was relatively robust, particularly in the Middle East and Europe; …
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UAE gold prices remain stable as global rates surge on Middle East …
In the UAE, 24-carat gold recorded AED288.75 per gram, while 22-carat gold reached AED267.50. Twenty-one-carat gold recorded AED259, while 18-carat gold reached AED222. Globally, spot gold rose 0.17 percent to $2,387.42 per ounce, as of 5:14 GMT, after hitting an all-time high of $2,431.29 last week.
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Middle East Unrest Pushes Investors Towards Gold and …
International gold prices hit a record high on the 20th (local time). The June gold price on the COMEX in New York closed at $2438.50 per ounce, an increase of $21.00 (0.87%) from the previous ...
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Global gold prices set new record high at $2,639.49 on rising …
Gold prices set a new record high on Tuesday as tensions in the Middle East escalated and bets for further rate cuts by the Federal Reserve pushed traders toward non-yielding assets.. In the UAE, gold rates gained AED0.5 with 24-carat gold inching up to AED319.50 and 22-carat gold rising to AED295.75. Meanwhile, 21-carat gold reached …
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Gold holds steady as focus turns to U.S. economic data
Gold prices steadied on Tuesday after hitting a more than two-week low on diminishing fears about an escalation of tensions in the Middle East, with investors awaiting key economic data for ...
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Hezbollah hides millions in cash, gold under Beirut hospital, …
JERUSALEM, Oct 21 (Reuters) - Hezbollah has stashed hundreds of millions of dollars in cash and gold in a bunker built under a hospital in Beirut, Israel's military said on Monday, adding it will ...
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UAE gold prices steady, global rates set for weekly gain on …
In the UAE, gold rates held steady with a marginal AED0.25 rise in 22- and 18-carat gold varieties. Twenty-four-carat gold held steady at AED322.25 while 22-carat gold rose to AED299.50. Meanwhile, 21-carat gold remained at AED289.75 and …
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Gold News: Can Geopolitical Tensions Sustain the Rally Next …
Middle East Conflict Fuels Safe-Haven Demand. The ongoing conflict in the Middle East, particularly between Israel and Hezbollah, was a key driver behind gold's rally.
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'Olive oil has become gold': Middle East demand skyrockets …
The Middle East has a sizzling new commodity: olive oil. In Tunisia, the price for a kilo of extra is up more than 100 percent from a year ago and demand for bulk olive oil in Turkey is so ...
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Gold Demand by Sectors | Sectors and Demand
This has declined over recent decades, but it still accounts for around 50% of total gold demand. India and China are by far the largest jewellery markets, together accounting for over 50% of the global total. The Asian and Middle Eastern markets …
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India's Jewellery Demand And Market | World Gold Council
Aside from gold, India has a sizeable and vibrant silver jewellery market and is the world's largest fabricator of silver jewellery. Our 2019 consumer survey, carried out by Hall & Partners, found that 60% of the women surveyed owned gold jewellery, closely followed by 57% who owned silver jewellery, but only 26% owned diamond jewellery. 14 Platinum jewellery did …
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Jewellery | World Gold Council
Global gold jewellery consumption of 523t improved 10% y-o-y in Q3, and was up 14% compared with the prior quarter. Demand was also healthy on a longer-term comparison. exceeding its five-year quarterly average (501t). Y-t-d demand reached 1,454t, a 2% improvement on the same period in 2021. ... Middle East and Turkey.
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Annual gold demand soars to a new decade high in 2022
There was also significant growth in the Middle East, where annual demand increased by 42% year-on-year. Jewellery demand softened slightly in 2022, down 3% at 2,086t. This weakness was largely driven by the marked drop in Chinese annual jewellery demand, down 15% as consumer activity was curtailed by ongoing COVID-19 lockdowns for most of the ...
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Gold surges to record high amid fears of Middle East …
Gold hits record high as US election, Middle-East jitters fuel rush to safety. Anjana Anil. Reuters. ... Spot gold XAU= gained 0.7% to $2,739.50 per ounce, as of 9:50 a.m. ET (1350 GMT), after ...
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Gold rallies as safe-haven demand increases on intensifying Middle East …
LONDON (October 21) Gold (XAU/USD) is already up half a percent to trade in the $2,730s on Monday during the European session after rising over 1.0% on Friday. The precious metal is gaining on a mixture of increased safe-haven demand due to the intensifying conflict in the Middle East and moves by the People's Bank of China (PBoC) to further ease …
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UAE gold forecasted to grow by 3.6% annually through 2030 …
The UAE leads the Middle East in gold consumption and the country's jewellery sector has played a starring role in this achievement. Last year, consumers across the nation purchased a collective 46.9 tonnes of gold; a 38% increase from 2021 [1] .
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Covered in Gold: Examining gold consumption by middle …
Gold consumption and middle class status in emerging markets. Gold is an especially important financial asset in emerging markets (EMs) where economic institutions are less developed. ... Consumers in India, China, and the Middle East view yellow gold, with its higher gold content, as more beautiful and precious (Fernandez and Veer, 2004, ...
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The Blue Gold: Water Supply in the Middle East
Obviously, the need for innovative solutions to the problem of water supply is there. "Water plays a very important role in the Middle East," says Dietvorst and quotes International Development Research Centre (IDRC) senior program specialist, Naser I. Faruqui, who wrote in his 2001 book Water management in Islam that "it seems that in the Quran, the …
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Middle East latest: Israel claims to have killed Hezbollah's …
Middle East latest: Israel claims to have killed Hezbollah's head of money transfers in Syria ... Israel claimed "millions of dollars in gold and cash" were located in a bunker underneath the al ...
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UAE sold the most gold in Middle East in 2022
The UAE's gold consumption in 2022 was the highest in the Middle East region, outpacing the demand in Saudi Arabia, which logged 37.9 tonnes, Egypt (33.6 tonnes) and Kuwait (14.7 tonnes).
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Gold hits record high as rate cuts and Middle East tensions …
Gold surged to an all-time high on Monday, fuelled by geopolitical tensions and central bank interest rate cuts. Bullion's price climbed 0.4 per cent to $2,732.45 a troy ounce in …
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Jewellery demand and trade: India gold market series
Regional demand . South India dominates Indian gold jewellery consumption, accounting for 40% of the country's total jewellery demand. 1 There has been little change in the regional share of gold demand over the past few decades. Southern demand remains high due to consumers' affinity for plain gold jewellery, high per capita incomes and low poverty levels.
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Jewellery | World Gold Council
Full year 2021 jewellery demand in Turkey and across much of the Middle East fell short of a return to pre-pandemic levels. ... GDP growth of 4.5% in the final quarter and the fall in gold prices in November and December likely supported jewellery consumption. Annual demand for gold jewellery in Thailand was 8t, a 38% increase on 2020's 6t. ...
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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and associated …
This article presents data on COPD-related healthcare resource consumption in the Middle East, North Africa and Pakistan and addresses the association of this variable with illness severity. ... 301,258-652,090] in Turkey. The use of each resource increased proportionally with the GOLD 2011 severity groups and was significantly (p < 0.0001 ...
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UAE gold and jewellery market to hit $3.6bn by 2030
The UAE leads the Middle East in gold consumption and the country's jewellery sector has played a starring role in this achievement. Last year, consumers across the UAE purchased a collective 46.9 tonnes of gold, …
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Hong Kong's Middle East adventure: will there be gold or …
The Hong Kong government is on a drive to tap into the wealthy Middle Eastern market to diversify the city's economy after three years of pandemic curbs and strained US-China ties.
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Jewellery | World Gold Council
Global gold jewellery consumption was down 19% y/y at 391t; Combined with relatively resilient Q1 demand, the H1 total amounted to 870t (-10% y/y) ... Declines in Q2 jewellery demand were almost universal across the Middle East: regional demand dropped below 40t for the first time since Q2'21. Egypt was the sole exception: demand held firm ...
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UAE's per capita consumer demand for gold jewellery is 2nd …
WGC data showed that gold jewellery demand in the UAE plunged 13 per cent year-on-year to 9.2 tonnes during the April-June 2024 period, compared to 10.6 tonnes during the same quarter...
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Does Volume of Gold Consumption Influence the World Gold …
The sample includes major gold-consuming countries, such as India, the USA, China, Japan, and countries in Europe and the Middle East grouped together under Europe and the Middle East, respectively. The results conclude that there exists a long-run relationship between LBMA fix prices and the gold demand of all the countries.
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Jewellery | World Gold Council
Indian gold jewellery consumption fell by 8% y/y to 129t in Q2, undermined by record high gold prices. This took H1 demand to 207t, down 12% y/y. 18k gold jewellery continued on an upward trend, as consumers were attracted by the affordability of these products. ... Total H1 demand in the Middle East is 6% lower y/y, at 89t. This is comfortably ...
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