Gold prices fall below Rs 47,000/10 gram on improved economic data; what should investors do now?
The spot gold/silver ratio currently stands at 68.39 to 1 indicating that silver has outperformed gold.
Mumbai / February 04, 2021 / 11:02 PM IST
Gold prices fell sharply to Rs 46,788 per 10 gram on February 4 on better-than-expected US economic data and a decline in US jobless claims. The yellow metal breached below the psychological level of $1,800/oz on rising bond yields and a stronger dollar.
US Labour Department reported that the number of Americans filing jobless claims dropped for the third successive week to 779,000 last week from 812,000.
The Commerce Department said that December factory orders rose 1.1 percent from 1.3 percent gain in November.