Dip-buyers arrive to pull gold back from brink of a bear market

A summary of the most important gold news and analysis of the last week.

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Gold news

This week’s summary of gold news and analysis.

• Gold sees worst month since 2013 as Iran war drags on [CNBC]

• Dip-buyers arrive to pull gold back from brink of a bear market [Bloomberg]

• Record number of investors buy gold on Iran war price crash [BullionVault]

"Gold's sharpest price drop in 13 years just saw a record number of investors buy the precious metal on BullionVault as the US and Israel went to war with Iran".

• Central Bank Gold Statistics: Central banks stay the course on gold in February [World Gold Council]

• HSBC: Gold is behaving like a risk asset but bullish case remains [FX Street]

🔮 Gold price forecasts

• Gold faces deeper correction toward $3,800 as technical risks build - Avi Gilburt [Kitco]

• Goldman Sachs sees gold hitting $5,400 by year-end [Investing]

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🌐 World gold news

Gold news from a global perspective.

🇦🇺 Australia

• Why gold in 2026? Australia's macro shifts and the case for gold [World Gold Council]

🇧🇷 Brazil

• Brazil's central bank boosts gold holdings to second-largest reserve asset in 2025 [Reuters]

🇨🇳 China

• Hong Kong woos central banks in bid to become gold-trading hub (archive) [Bloomberg]

• Chinese gold demand: a tale of two sectors [FXStreet]

🇬🇭 Ghana

• Miners face a new push for local control of Africa’s gold [Bloomberg]

🇮🇳 India

• Indian dealers charge first gold premiums in two months [Reuters]

• Can India’s first large private gold mine post-independence in Andhra Pradesh reduce import dependence? [Hindustan Times]

🇯🇵 Japan

• Why gold in 2026? Is gold still a strategic asset for Japanese investors? [World Gold Council]

🇸🇬 Singapore

• Singapore considers adding gold storage for global central banks: Sources [The Straits Times]

• Singapore plays neutrality card to vault central bank gold, elevate bullion hub status [The Business Times]

🇹🇷 Türkiye

• Turkey gold reserves tumble nearly 120 tonnes in two weeks, data shows [Mining]

• Turkey central bank chief says ‘natural’ to use gold amid war fallout [Al Arabiya Network]

🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates

• Buy gold for nearly 70% less? UAE shoppers warned about jewellery scams [Khaleej Times]

🇬🇧 United Kingdom

 • Citigroup picks London gold vault for precious metals push [Bloomberg News]

🇻🇳 Vietnam

• Why is the price of gold in Vietnam 30 million VND/ounce higher than the world price? [Vietnam VN]

🇿🇼 Zimbabwe

• Zimbabwe gold exports at risk from escalating Middle East war [Mining]

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