After it exceeded 9 dirhams per gram within a week

Gold drops stimulate demand for bullion and artifacts

The price of a gram of 24 karat gold has decreased by 9.25 dirhams.

Photography: Patrick Castillo

At the end of last week, gold prices recorded decreases of between seven and 9.25 dirhams per gram of various carats, compared to their prices at the end of the previous week, according to the price indicators announced in the Dubai and Sharjah markets.

Officials of outlets for gold and jewelry trade told «Emirates Today» that the markets have recently witnessed a remarkable growth in demand for gold bullion, for investment and saving purposes, with expectations that prices will return to the rise in the coming periods.

They emphasized that the large price drops also greatly stimulated the demand for sales of gold works to residents and tourists.

In turn, dealers told «Emirates Today» that the significant decline in gold prices motivated them to buy gold bullion with medium weights, pointing to expectations that the prices of the yellow metal will rise in greater proportions soon.

The price of a gram of 24-carat gold reached 216.75 dirhams, a decrease of 9.25 dirhams, compared to the previous week, while the price of a gram of 22-carat gold was 203.75 dirhams, a decrease of 8.5 dirhams.

In turn, the price of a gram of 21-carat gold reached 194.25 dirhams, a decrease of 8.25 dirhams, and the price of a gram of 18-carat gold 166.5 dirhams, a decrease of seven dirhams.

Customer Orientation

The dealer, Muhammad Habib, said that he bought a gold bar for savings weighing 50 grams, to take advantage of the price decline that gold recently recorded in large proportions.

For his part, the dealer Samir Khalil said that he bought two gold bars weighing 20 grams each, pointing out that they can be used for saving or investment purposes for sale when cash is needed.

As for the trader, Laila Bashir, she stated that she prefers to buy gold bars of medium and small weights when the prices fall significantly, because the bars are suitable products for investment and saving for long periods.

positive effects

In addition, the director of sales at "Regi Jewelery Store", Mangesh Balikra, said that the recent decline in gold prices, in large proportions, had positive effects on the markets, both in terms of stimulating the demand for gold works by residents and tourists, or in relation to trade. The sale of gold bullion, which witnessed a remarkable growth, with a number of dealers, especially from Arab and Asian nationalities, tending to buy for savings or investment purposes.

He explained that most of the sales of gold products were concentrated in 18 and 21 carats, while bullion sales were concentrated in medium weights that are more suitable for the purposes of saving and short-term investment.

incentive prices

For his part, the director of "Rikesh Jewelery Company", Rickish Dhann, said that the current prices of gold are stimulating to dealers in the gold bullion sector, which was reflected in the markets remarkably recently, as it witnessed rates of demand from dealers to buy, to take advantage of the large price decline of the metal Yellow, especially with expectations that prices will return to rise in the coming periods.

He added that most of the gold bullion sales were concentrated in medium-weight products, such as the 20-gram and 50-gram categories.

Ashok Poet, director of Deakin Jewelery Store, agreed that the significant price drops for gold, with the recent boom in the activity of tourist groups in the country's markets, are among the factors that supported the growth of sales of gold jewelry, in addition to the tendency of a number of dealers to buy bullion of small and medium weights.

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