Gold prices on Thursday remained unchanged at Rs 39, 850 per tola just Rs 100 low from last historic high on the local market, traders said. "Market closed as bullion rates unchanged although the international price of gold has declined to $1255 an ounce from $1260," said a trader at Karachi bullion market.
Gold prices stayed firm at Rs 39, 850 per tola and Rs 34, 157 per 10-gram, he said, adding the local market had last embraced the highest gold prices on June 28 this year. The historic highs were Rs 39, 950 per tola and Rs 34,242 per 10-gram, according to All Sindh Sarraf and Jewellers Association.
Gold is being sold under-cost by Rs 250 per tola on the local markets as compared to its prices of global markets, he said. He said gold jewellery sales had plummeted to almost nothing in Ramazan, as on the contrary people continued to sell their old worn-out gold ornaments to fight soaring inflation. He said the flood affectees of interior parts of Sindh were also selling their gold jewelleries to maintain their families and rebuild their damaged houses.