If you are thinking of investing in gold or silver or wedding preparations are going on in your home, then the latest market figures may surprise you. History is being created in the bullion market. The beginning of the year 2026 has filled the pockets of investors, but has increased the concern for the common buyer. If we look at the figures, for the first time since 1973, gold has made the record of giving the highest return in a single month. In the month of January alone, there has been a huge jump of 28 percent in the prices of gold.
Talking about the prices, the figures are enough to raise anyone's heart rate. For the first time in the international market, silver has crossed the psychological level of $ 120 an ounce. At the same time, the shine of silver in the domestic market i.e. Delhi has left everyone behind. Here the price of silver has crossed Rs 4 lakh per kg. Talking about gold, it is sitting at a new high of Rs 1.83 lakh per 10 grams.
Spot gold rose by 2.1 percent to $ 5,514.03 an ounce on January 29, while in intra-day it had touched $ 5,594. Heavy buying was also seen in US gold futures and it rose 3.8 percent to close at $5,508. This was the fourth consecutive day when such a huge rise was seen in the Indian bullion market.
The reason behind this record-breaking rise is not just the game of demand and supply, but the atmosphere of fear going on in the world. Whenever uncertainty increases in the world, investors run towards safe investment i.e. gold. Latest tension has increased between America and Iran. US President Donald Trump has put pressure on Iran regarding the nuclear deal. In response, Iran has warned that in case of any attack, America and Israel will be given a befitting reply.
This geopolitical tension has shaken the market. On the other hand, the US Federal Reserve has not made any change in the interest rates, due to which relief is now expected in June itself. Due to all these reasons, the holdings of the world's largest gold ETF, SPDR Gold Trust, have reached the highest level in four years. Even the CEO of crypto company Tether plans to put a large part of his portfolio in physical gold.
Market experts believe that this rally is not going to stop now. According to Sandeep Raichura, CEO of Retail Broking at PL Capital, what is happening in the market is not normal. He says that such situations occur perhaps once in a century. The old assumptions no longer work because fluctuations are unpredictable.
Experts estimate that considering the speed at which economic and political equations are changing in the world, gold may cross the level of $ 8,000 per ounce by the year 2027. If this prediction comes true, then in the coming time gold may become even more beyond the reach of the common man.
