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Consumers in India Rush to Sell Gold

June 5, 2012 6:04 PM EDT
Consumers in India, one of the worlds biggest importers of gold, are aggressively selling their jewelry as the price of gold in India hits a record vs. the rupee, which has falling dramatically against the dollar.

"In some areas consumers are selling more than jewelers," Bachhraj Bamalwa, chairman of the All India Gems & Jewellery Trade Federation, told Bloomberg in a phone interview. "They are selling aggressively."

SPDR Gold Trust (NYSE: GLD), an ETF that tracks the spot price of gold, is flat today as traders continue to weigh the odds of quantitative easing in the U.S.


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