2009年9月1日 1458IST 路透社

孟买：交易商说，因交易员期望价格下跌，黄金需求在前晚上升后周二消退。

“昨天，当价格低于950美元（每盎司）时，需求很好，但是今天交易员期望更低的价格所以市场清淡”，孟买一家国有银行的交易商说。

“我们在945美元（每盎司）有一些单，销售还不到50公斤”，Mayank Khemka，一家大黄金进口商Khemka国际的董事总经理说。

现货黄金价位951.65./952.20美元，昨天下午2：15的报价为949.65/952.65美元。前个交易时段，黄金价格达到低点943.80。

交易商说清淡季节中黄金消费将继续压抑。

Shradh，是拜访先祖的时节，从9月5日至9月19日。

“我没有提前的订单”，一家私人银行的交易商说。

8月黄金进口目前看从去年同月的98吨下滑至12-14吨，由于高价格与疲弱的季风雨降低了需求，Suresh Hundia，孟买黄金协会的总裁周二说。

西汉志：郑鹏

Gold demand abates after pick-up

1 Sep 2009, 1458 hrs IST, REUTERS

MUMBAI: Gold demand abated on Tuesday after a slight pick-up the previous evening as traders kept to the sidelines anticipating falls ahead, dealers

said.

"Yesterday, there was quiet good demand when prices were below $950 (an ounce), but today it is quiet as traders want lower prices," said a dealer with a state-run bank in Mumbai.

"We had some bookings at $945 (an ounce), we hardly sold around 50 kgs," said Mayank Khemka, managing director, Khemka International, a large gold importer.

Spot gold was quoted at $951.65/952.20 an ounce as against the previous day's $949.65/952.65 at 2:15 p.m. Gold had hit a low of 943.80 in the previous session.

Dealers said gold's offtake would remain subdued until the inauspicious period to buy gold.

Shradh, a period of paying homage to ancestors, is from Sept. 5 to Sept. 19.
"I don't have any advance orders," said another dealer with a private bank.
Gold imports in August provisionally slumped to between 12-14 tonnes from 98 tonnes in the same month last year as high prices and weak monsoon rains dented demand, Suresh Hundia, president of the Bombay Bullion Association, said on Tuesday.