Asia Gold-High prices dent buying, silver remains attractive
By Brijesh Patel and Rajendra Jadhav
BENGALURU/MUMBAI Aug 16 (Reuters) - High prices 誘発するd Asian 消費者s to sell 支援する physical gold this week to lock in 利益（をあげる）s, though price 下落するs still attracted buying as 経済的な jitters burnished the metal's 控訴，上告 as a 港／避難所 from 危険.
利益／興味 in silver was also 会社／堅い, with some 消費者s seeing it as undervalued, 売買業者s said.
全世界の （判断の）基準 位置／汚点／見つけ出す gold 攻撃する，衝突する a six-year high on Tuesday and was 長，率いるd for a third straight week of 伸び（る）s, up 1%. Silver was also on 跡をつける for a 1.5% 週刊誌 rise.
"We're 終始一貫して seeing people coming to sell gold," said Brian Lan, managing director at Singapore 売買業者 GoldSilver Central. "精油所s are all almost at 最大限 capacity now 予定 to 捨てる gold selling."
"On the other 手渡す, we're seeing more buying of silver because many 投資家s see it as an undervalued 資産."
消費者s have also been buying gold every time there is a 簡潔な／要約する price 下落する, he 追加するd.
An inversion of the U.S. 産する／生じる curve this week for the first time since 2007 悪化させるd 関心s a 後退，不況 is on the way, 誘発するing 流入s into 安全な 港／避難所s such as gold and the Japanese yen.
In 最高の，を越す gold 消費者 中国, 賞与金s 緩和するd わずかに to $6-$9 per ounce over the （判断の）基準, from $9-$10 last week.
"利益／興味 is coming mostly from the 投資 味方する," said Ronald Leung, 長，指導者 売買業者 at 物陰／風下 Cheong Gold 売買業者s in Hong Kong.
In Singapore, gold was sold at a 賞与金 of $0.50-$0.80 an ounce, 不変の from the week ending August 2.
In India, 需要・要求する remained subdued as 国内の prices 急に上がるd, 跡をつけるing 伸び（る）s in overseas market and a weak rupee. Gold 未来s 攻撃する，衝突する a 記録，記録的な／記録する high of 38,666 Indian rupees ($543.44) per 10 grams earlier this week.
"People are making smaller 購入（する）s than normal 予定 to the price rise," said B Govindan, chairman of Kochi-based Bhima Jewellery.
売買業者s 申し込む／申し出d 割引s of up to $33 an ounce over 公式の／役人 国内の pri ces, 負かす／撃墜する from last week's $37 割引s, which were the highest since August 2016. The 国内の price 含むs a 12.5% 輸入する 税金 and 3% 物品税.
Jewellers were not placing new orders 予定 to weak 小売 需要・要求する, said a Mumbai-based 売買業者 with a 私的な bullion 輸入するing bank, 追加するing "everyone is 猛烈に waiting for a price 是正".
India's gold 輸入するs in July 急落（する），激減（する）d 55% from a year ago to a three-year low.
In Hong Kong, 賞与金s were 不変の at $0.50-$1.20. The 貿易（する） war and months of 抗議するs have 誘発するd 恐れるs of a 後退，不況 in the 財政上の 中心.
"需要・要求する is very weak because of high prices and the 不安 has 影響する／感情d the 小売 market, 特に jewellery 需要・要求する," said a bullion 売買業者 in Hong Kong.
In Japan, gold was sold at par versus the （判断の）基準 compared with $0.25 割引s last week, with most 投資家s selling gold because of the rising yen, a Tokyo-based 仲買人 said. ($1 = 71.1500 Indian rupees)
(報告（する）／憶測ing by Brijesh Patel in Bengaluru, Rajendra Jadhav in Mumbai; Editing by Arpan Varghese and Jan Harvey)
