Asia Edition

Indian households sold nearly 50 tonnes of gold back into the market in the April-June quarter of 2026, a 43% jump year-over-year, as a 22% price correction from January's all-time high of $5,589 per ounce turns Asia's most devoted retail gold holders into net sellers. With Indian households sitting on an estimated 30,000 tonnes of gold and recycling volumes potentially reaching 200-250 tonnes this year, the structural supply pressure could complicate gold's recovery even as central banks remain