This many Kg of gold was sold in just one day..!?
As many as 18,000 kg of gold jewelry has been sold in a single day as people have been flocking to jewelry shops since early yesterday morning to buy gold in honor of Akshaya Thrithi. Last year, sales only took place ‘online’; 12 thousand kilos were sold. Around 35,000 jewelry shops across tamil Nadu sell an average of 10,000 kg of old and new gold jewelry daily. people believe that if they buy gold on Akshaya Thruthi Day, their wealth will increase. Yesterday, Akshaya Druthi was celebrated. To this end, not only leading jewelry stores, but also small stores, have announced various offers in advance, such as extra discounts, lower wages, and gift items.
Due to the Corona impact, stores have been closed for two years and their buyers online went directly to jewelry stores yesterday and showed interest in buying gold jewelry. For their convenience, jewelry stores were open early in the morning. Pavilions were set up outside the jewelry stores so that customers would not be bothered by the sun; Bottles of drinking water, buttermilk, soft drinks, tea, coffee, etc. were provided regularly.
Due to the war between russia and Ukraine, the price of 22-carat gold shaving, which had crossed 40 thousand rupees in the previous weeks, fell to 38 thousand 368 rupees yesterday. In two days alone, it has fallen by 856 rupees. This made the customers happy. Thus, those who had already paid and booked, paid extra yesterday and bought gold jewelry that weighed more than the jewelry they had already booked.Those who had been making monthly payments on jewelry storage plans canceled them and bought the jewelry yesterday.
As a result, not only major business areas like T Nagar, Broadway, Anna Nagar, Chrompet, and tambaram in chennai but also jewelry shops across the state were rocked. At present, the price of a kilo of gold is 50 lakh rupees. Thus, it seems that gold was sold for 9,000 crore rupees only yesterday. Last year, due to a corona infection, sales in stores did not take place. In the 'online' sale, people bought jewelry for 12 thousand kilos. The previous year, 5,000 kg had been sold.