The gold price then dropped $12 per ounce in 10 minutes striking a low of $1341 – some 1.5% underneath Monday's new five week high. The Reserve Bank of India earlier increased its key interest rate for the second month running. Shanghai's most actively traded gold contract closed the day equal to $1,350.15 per ounce below the international spot market's then price for London settlement of $1,353.70. Prices on the Shanghai Gold Exchange were standing at a $7 premium to London settlement last week, achieving $30 above that international benchmark. Meanwhile in China, interbank loan rates eased slightly.
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