- Import of gold and silver has increased significantly in April.
Gold-Silver Price Today: Gold and silver prices continue to fluctuate amid America’s ongoing war against Iran and increasing uncertainty in the global market. Despite the increase in import duty, a huge fall in the prices of both gold and silver has been recorded on May 16. Due to the strength in the dollar index and profit booking by investors, the prices of precious metals in the domestic market fell by 4 percent.
Gold and silver fall on MCX
A decline of 1.52 percent i.e. ₹ 2,478 was recorded in the futures price of gold on Multi Commodity Exchange (MCX). After this, gold reached an intraday low of ₹ 1,59,500. At the same time, there was a huge fall of 4.12 percent i.e. ₹ 12,000 in silver and its price came to ₹ 2,79,102.
Today’s gold rates in big cities of the country
New Delhi
24 carat – ₹15,805 per gram
22 carat – ₹14,489 per gram
18 carat – ₹11,857 per gram
Mumbai
24 carat – ₹15,790
22 carat – ₹14,474
Chennai
24 carat – ₹16,107
22 carat – ₹14,764
Kolkata
24 carat – ₹15,790
22 carat – ₹14,474
Bengaluru
24 carat – ₹15,790
22 carat – ₹14,474
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today silver rate in india
The price of silver in the country is currently ₹ 289.80 per gram and ₹ 2,89,900 per kilogram.
Silver prices according to cities
Delhi
10 grams – ₹2,899
100 grams – ₹28,990
1 kg – ₹2,89,900
Mumbai
10 grams – ₹2,899
100 grams – ₹28,990
1 kg – ₹2,89,900
Chennai
10 grams – ₹3,049
100 grams – ₹30,490
1 kg – ₹3,04,900
Hyderabad
10 grams – ₹3,049
100 grams – ₹30,490
1 kg – ₹3,04,900
Gold imports increased by 82% in April
Gold import in India increased by 81.69 percent to 5.62 billion dollars in the month of April. At the same time, silver import increased by 157.16 percent to reach 411 million dollars. In the financial year 2025-26, the total import of gold increased by 24 percent to a record $ 71.98 billion, while in terms of quantity it decreased by 4.76 percent to 721.03 tons. Silver imports increased by almost 150 percent to 12 billion dollars, while in terms of quantity it increased by 42 percent to 7,334.96 tonnes.
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