The union cabinet on Wednesday made hallmarking of gold mandatory for greater quality control in the trade of the precious metal, official sources said.

It also decided to amend the Bureau of Indian

Gold suffered the steepest single day fall by plunging Rs 1,540 to Rs 25,800 per 10 gm in opening trade here today on panic selling by stockists after a meltdown in global bullion markets.

In Asia,

Buoyed by a firming global trend, gold prices shot up by another Rs 175 to hit a new high of Rs 26,960 per ten grams in futures trade today.

All the running contracts -- for October, December and far

A three day B2B Gem and Jewellery exhibition, began here today with a call to be excercise caution and not to use Gold as speculative instrument.

'Do not use gold as a specualtive instrument. If t

Chennai: Watch and jewellery maker Titan, which owns the Goldplus chain of jewellery, has decided to gold plate the Tata, as part celebrations marking 5,000 years of Indian jewellery.

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