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To: sense who wrote (171647)	5/13/2021 4:29:38 PM
From: TobagoJack	Respond to of 218881

Sold June strike-30 puts hoping it be free money Gold reacting well to whatever macro is happening even as bitgold being hit hard for reasons might be political.

To: sense who wrote (171647)	5/14/2021 5:57:39 AM
From: TobagoJack	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 218881

Re <<PAAS missed. Whacked. Buying>> Gold might also get a talk-down bloomberg.com Gold Sales on India’s Key Buying Day Slammed Once Again By Virus Swansy Afonso 14 May 2021, 17:29 GMT+8 For a second year in a row, most jewelers in India have shuttered their stores on a day considered one of the most auspicious to buy gold as the country grapples with the world’s worst health crisis. Purchases of valuables including bullion on Akshaya Tritiya, which falls on Friday this year, are considered to bring luck and prosperity by the nation’s majority Hindu population. That tradition has been tested since last year as buyers now have to rely on either online purchases or forgo it entirely due to restrictions on stepping out and conducting business activity as coronavirus infections and deaths surge in India. India has reported more than 300,000 daily infections for more than 20 consecutive days and one research model is predicting deaths could almost quadruple to more than a million by the end of July. “Unfortunately about 80% of the country is in a lockdown and sales will be impacted again this year,” said Ashish Pethe, chairman of the All India Gem and Jewellery Domestic Council. “The second wave is much more severe than last year and the mood is also very somber with almost every family touched by the virus. So no one is in the mood to buy gold.” Tens of Millions Plunge Into Poverty in Covid-Ravaged India Gold demand will be at par with last year’s Akshaya Tritiya, when sales amounted to about 10% to 15% of pre-Covid levels, Pethe said, adding that estimates for sales on the festive date range from 30 to 40 tons. Demand StumblesDemand in the second-biggest gold consuming nation had bounced back in the first three months of 2021 from a more than two-decade low last year on softening gold prices and a sharp pick-up in economic activity. That recovery has faltered as surging infections force many states to impose lockdown-like curbs. “With the evolving on-ground situation and individual concerns, the overall sentiment in India is not favorable with customers hesitating to step out of their homes,” Ramesh Kalyanaraman, executive director at Kalyan Jewellers India Ltd. said, adding that about 20% of the Kerala-based jeweler’s stores were functioning on Friday, but with restricted timings. Still, unlike last year, people are now more comfortable shopping online for gold, Pethe said. Augmont Digi Gold, an online retailer of coins and bars, said it has sold about 30 kilograms this Akshaya Tritiya so far, compared with total sales of about 15 kilograms on the same day last year. “Akshaya Tritiya is supposed to be the bellwether for the wedding season as it falls in the middle of the season but the trend will be weak this year,” Pethe said. “The quarter will be hit overall but we are with the government right now as saving lives is more important.” Before it's here, it's on the Bloomberg Terminal. LEARN MORE