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GOLD: China Resumes Purchases Spurring Prices. 

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  • Gold prices rose as the PBOC included gold bullion to its reserves for the first time in six months.
  • Gold reserves with the PBOC rose 160,000 ounces in November according to data released over the weekend.
  • In a move suggesting possible measures are being implemented to ward off currency depreciation, the resumption occurs at a time when prices are expensive levels.
  • The PBOC had added to its reserves until April, before a pause.
  • Prices got a bump today from the news up +0.19% to US$2,638.31.
  • Stocks of Gold miners rallied throughout the region on the news. 
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  • Gold prices rose as the PBOC included gold bullion to its reserves for the first time in six months.
  • Gold reserves with the PBOC rose 160,000 ounces in November according to data released over the weekend.
  • In a move suggesting possible measures are being implemented to ward off currency depreciation, the resumption occurs at a time when prices are expensive levels.
  • The PBOC had added to its reserves until April, before a pause.
  • Prices got a bump today from the news up +0.19% to US$2,638.31.
  • Stocks of Gold miners rallied throughout the region on the news.