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Harvey Organ's - The Daily Gold and Silver Report: Jill Sommers, CFTC commissioner resigns/Canada's Royal Mint

Gold closed down $16.60 to finish the comex session at $1669.50.  Silver also faltered down  71 cents to finish the day at $31.70.  As expected, another raid was orchestrated by the bankers for two reasons:

i) options expiry on gold and silver metal contracts.  The options expiry is Monday.
ii) the huge OI in silver and generally the bankers try and force silver holders to relinquish some of their long positions.

Today, Jill Sommers, a CFTC commissioner who is totally against us resigned.
It is possible that many rats are fleeing a leaking ship.

The Royal Canadian Mint announced that it two was rationing silver sales.
As this was announced, the silver price was tumbling.  Go figure!! ... 

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Retail consumers drive Gold demand in India

Retail consumers drive Gold demand in India | Gold and What Moves it. | Scoop.it
India's gold demand surged 41% in the fourth quarter of calendar year 2012. World Gold Council (WGC) data showed the countrys demand at 262 tonnes in the quarter, compared with 185.5 tonnes in the corresponding period previous year.

 

By Dilip Kumar Jha
Retail consumers unabated appetite to own an additional piece of gold has so far nullified the governments efforts to curb its import, in order to control the burgeoning current account deficit (CAD).

India's gold demand surged 41% in the fourth quarter of calendar year 2012. World Gold Council (WGC) data showed the countrys demand at 262 tonnes in the quarter, compared with 185.5 tonnes in the corresponding period previous year. Despite the governments four-fold rise in customs duty to discourage gold import, there was only a 12% decline through 2012, at 864.2 tonnes, compared with 986.3 tonnes in the previous year.

Indias gold demand is largely driven by a combination of retail and urban consumers. ...

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