Gold futures slide 0.22 per cent on global cues

Gold is trading at Rs 30,242 per 10 grams as participants trimmed positions tracking a weak trend overseas.

Update: 2018-07-12 06:27 GMT
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New Delhi: Gold prices drifted lower by 0.22 per cent to Rs 30,242 per 10 grams in futures trade on Thursday as participants trimmed positions tracking a weak trend overseas.

At the Multi Commodity Exchange, gold for delivery in August fell by Rs 68, or 0.22 per cent, to Rs 30,242 per ten gram in a business turnover of 686 lots.

Likewise, the yellow metal for delivery in October was trading lower by a similar margin to Rs 30,540 per ten grams in 123 lots.

Analysts said the fall in gold futures was mostly in tune with a weak trend overseas.

Meanwhile, gold fell 1.12 per cent to USD 1,241 an ounce in New York in Wednesday's trade.

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