India Gold price today: Gold kicks off FY 2025-26 with a bang

At the onset of the new fiscal year (FY) 2025-2026 in India, the Gold price stands tall on Tuesday after gaining 32% in FY 2024-2025.

The buying interest around Gold price in India remains unabated amid speculations about its potential to reach Indian Rupees (INR) 1 lakh per 10 grams in FY26. 

Increased central bank buying and escalating trade war tensions, triggered by US President Donald Trump's aggressive tariff policies, continue to power the traditional safe-haven asset. 

At the time of writing, Gold price changes hands at INR 8,647.24 per gram, following Monday's close of INR 8,586.34, according to data compiled by FXStreet.

Meanwhile, Gold price increased to INR 100,859.70 per tola from INR 100,149.40 per tola a day earlier.

Global Market Movers: Gold price buying remains unabated 

• The US President dashed hopes the levies would be limited to a smaller group of countries with the biggest trade imbalances and said on Sunday that reciprocal tariffs would essentially include all nations. This comes on top of Trump's 25% tariff on steel and aluminum, and auto imports, stoking worries about a widening global trade war.
• Furthermore, investors now seem convinced that a tariff-driven slowdown in the US economic activity would force the Federal Reserve (Fed) to resume its rate-cutting cycle soon, despite sticky inflation. This, in turn, assists the safe-haven Gold price to register its strongest quarter since 1986 and hit a fresh record high on Tuesday. 
• The markets are currently pricing in the possibility that the US central bank will lower borrowing costs by 80 basis points by the end of this year. This keeps the US Treasury bond yields depressed, which, in turn, does little to help the US Dollar attract any meaningful buyers and further underpins the non-yielding yellow metal. 
• On the geopolitical front, Ukrainian officials said early on Monday that Russia bombed the city of Kharkiv in north-eastern Ukraine for the second night in a row. Moreover, Ukraine's President, Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that Russia had fired more than 1,000 drones in the past week and called for a response from the US and other allies.
• Israel earlier this month ended its ceasefire with the Hamas militant group and renewed its air and ground strikes. Adding to this, the Israeli military has issued mass evacuation orders for Rafah, signaling a possible new ground operation in the city, raising the risk of a further escalation of tensions in the region. 
• Traders now look to this week's key US macro releases, scheduled at the beginning of a new month, starting with the JOLTS openings and ISM Manufacturing PMI on Tuesday. This will be followed by the ADP report on Wednesday, US ISM Services PMI on Thursday, and the closely-watched US Nonfarm Payrolls (NFP) on Friday. 
• The focus, however, will remain glued to Trump's impending reciprocal tariffs announcement later today, at 19:00 GMT. This will play a key role in influencing the broader risk sentiment and the USD price dynamics, which, in turn, should provide some meaningful impetus to the XAU/USD pair. 

FXStreet calculates Gold prices in India by adapting international prices (USD/INR) to the local currency and measurement units. Prices are updated daily based on the market rates taken at the time of publication. Prices are just for reference and local rates could diverge slightly.

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