Gold, silver recover on modest offtake, global cues

After its three session slide, gold prices recovered slightly at the bullion market here on modest offtake from stockist and investors as well as low level jewellery buying interest on the back of improved International markets.
Silver also gained following mild speculative buying.
Standard gold (99.5 purity) rose by Rs 95 to end at Rs 25,900 per 10 grams from Thursday's closing level of Rs 25,805.
Pure gold (99.9 purity) also went up by a similar margin to conclude at Rs 26,050 per 10 grams from Rs 25,955.
Silver (.999 fineness) moved up by Rs 85 per kg to close at Rs 36,205 as compared to Rs 36,120 yesterday.

Globally, in Europe gold firmed up after nine straight sessions of losses, as the dollar nursed losses following its biggest one-day fall in a month late yesterday.
In London, spot gold edged up 0.3 percent to USD 1,156.20 an ounce in early trade. While spot silver were down 0.3 percent at USD 15.52 an ounce.