Gold buying weak as jewellers? strike extended
Gold buying was weak as jewellers? strike extended to its twelfth day on Wednesday. ?Business is very dull … there have been no imports as well,? said a dealer at a private bank. Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee had agreed in parliament to examine jewellers? demand for removal of excise duty on unbranded jewellery, but won?t reduce import duty on gold and platinum.