Ray Jia
Research Head, China World Gold CouncilChina’s gold market soft in October
- The Shanghai Gold Benchmark price fell slightly in October as the appreciating USDCNY offset the rise in US dollar-denominated gold price. This pushed the local gold price to a discount, the first in 12 months
- Impacted by the weak performances of CNY-denominated gold prices, speculative demand dropped further. Trading volume of Au9999 continued its decline during the month on weaker physical gold demand
- During the first ten months of 2019, China’s gold imports dropped by 41% y-o-y
- Three new gold-backed ETFs were approved in October, raising the total number of gold-backed ETF products in China to seven
- The People’s Bank of China (PBoC) didn’t purchase any gold in October, leaving its gold reserves at 1,948t.
