From China to India and Malaysia, Asian shoppers are taking advantage of a drop in the price of gold to buy up gold jewellery and bars. Photo: Getty Images
Gold is in demand as price drops, with Asian shoppers buying more bars and jewellery
- In China, gold jewellery sales at big urban retailers more than doubled during the Lunar New Year holiday compared with last year
- Jewellers in India see the gold momentum lasting until the auspicious gold-buying day of Akshaya Tritiya, an annual spring time festival, in May
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From China to India and Malaysia, Asian shoppers are taking advantage of a drop in the price of gold to buy up gold jewellery and bars. Photo: Getty Images