China Halts Gold Incentives, Prices Fall
Gold prices fell early in the Asian session after China's Ministry of Finance ended tax incentives for precious metal sales as of November 1st. This decision surprised the market, as the previous rules had helped ease the tax burden on gold transactions. Following the news, the spot gold price weakened by around 0.4% to $3,987.46 per ounce.
According to ANZ Research, many investors in China were disappointed by this rule change. Now, retail investors can no longer offset value-added tax (VAT) when selling gold purchased from the Shanghai Gold Exchange. The impact could be widespread, as China is one of the world's largest gold consumers, so changes in demand from this country have the potential to influence global price movements.
Source: Newsmaker.id