THE PRICE OF physical gold bullion fell again as London re-opened Wednesday after the Christmas and Boxing Day holidays, dropping to two-week lows against all major currencies in what dealers called a "very quiet session".

London dealers returning to work caught up with a 1.4% drop for the week so far, plus news of falling industrial output in Japan, seasonally low jewelry demand in Indian – the world’s No.1 gold buying nation – and also a new edict from the People’s Bank of China, banning all non-official gold trading exchanges in the world’s No.2 gold consuming country.

Originally from The Market Oracle