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At the Multi Commodity Exchange (MCX), the April contract shed Rs 35, or 0.12%, to Rs 29,535 per 10 gm in 3,159 lots.
Prices dropped as participants off-loaded partial positions.
Weak overseas market trebds as signs of economic optimism curbed demand for the metal as a haven put pressure on the gold futures trade here.
In New York, gold fell 1.1% to $1,578.30 an ounce in yesterday's trade.
