On March 14, a sovereign was Rs 66,400, recording a massive spike of Rs 1,440 from the previous day’s price.

On February 5, the gold rate in the city had crossed Rs 63,000, reaching Rs 63,240/sovereign. It later shot up to Rs 64,000 only to plummet to Rs 63,520 on February 12.

After several fluctuations throughout March, gold is now being sold at Rs 68,480 per sovereign on the third day of April.

Meanwhile, the price of silver has decreased by Rs 2 and is being sold at Rs 112/gm.