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Can rising Covid cases, lockdowns bring back lustre to gold prices?

The yellow metal lost sheen as investors shifted out of this safe-haven asset to more lucrative investment options, such as cyclical stocks

The data suggests that the 10-year rolling return has been on a downward course for nearly seven years after touching a record high of 20.3 per cent in July 2013
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Tapan Patel, senior research analyst (commodities) at HDFC Securities expects MCX gold to touch Rs 48,200 level in the near term

Saloni Goel New Delhi
The recent resurgence in Covid-19 cases and sporadic lockdowns across the globe might do little to add the lost sheen in gold prices due to the aggressive vaccination programme and the bleak possibility of a prolonged lockdown in emerging market countries like India, said analysts.

However, on a long-term basis, they are quite bullish on the prospects of the yellow metal and believe a 20 per cent correction in the prices from here makes it a good buying opportunity.

Gold prices have skidded 24 per cent, from an all-time high of Rs 56,018 per 10 gram scaled in