Demand for gold in Kazakhstan is growing. If in March second-tier banks sold 4568 gold bars, then in February it was almost 2 times less - 2653, Daryo correspondent reports.
In total, 122,430 pieces of gold bars have been sold since the beginning of the program for the sale and purchase of measured bars. Their total weight is 4.2 tons.
In total, there are 5 varieties of gold bars: 5, 10, 20, 50, and 100 grams. However, most often Kazakhstanis buy a copy weighing 10 grams. Its share of total sales is 26% - 31,909 units. The second place in terms of liquidity is 5-gram - 27,547 pieces or 22%. 25,218 or 21% bought the 100 grams. 20-gram - 23,566 pieces (19%), and 50-gram - 14,190 pieces (12%). The price for 1 gram currently equals about $63.2.
At the same time, it should be noted that since the beginning of the program, Kazakhstanis have returned 20,703 gold bars weighing around 526.4kg.
“Gold bars can act as a reliable investment tool. The main factor in ensuring the liquidity of the market is the possibility of repurchasing the bullion by banks and non-bank exchange offices with the payment of money to the client “to the same day,” the National Bank said.
The financial regulator also explained that each bar is produced with protective elements in a special package, which allows you to find out whether it was opened or not. Each gold bar has a mirror surface, microtext and a relief edge.
Talgat Satybaldy, Astana
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