The third tranche of the SGB in this financial year is available for subscription December 18-22, while the fourth will open in February. I...

The advantage of SGB over other forms of Gold is on multiple counts. Apart from capital appreciation, SGBs offer a 2.5% interest on the cap...

The nominal value of the bond is based on the simple average of closing price for gold of 999 purity of the last three working days of the ...

The tenure of the Sovereign Gold Bond Scheme is eight years. However, premature withdrawal can be made after the fifth year from the date o...

The India Bullion and Jewellers Association Ltd. shall determine the basis for the redemption price of SGB using the simple average of the ...

Gold prices have seen some correction and analysts say the drop below Rs 46,500 per 10 gm level can lead to more weakness in the short term...

Investors, who wish to subscribe to the issue, can bid for a minimum of 1 gm of gold at Rs 4,807 against Rs 4,889 per gm in the previous tr...

The government, in consultation with the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), also provides a discount of Rs 50 per gram to those investors applyin...

Only the first two tranches of the SGBs, which were issued at prices below Rs 2,700 a gram, have generated positive returns.

Analysts say demand for the bonds will remain strong despite the latest issue being the most expensive among all the five tranches announce...

The Finance Ministry had yesterday said that applications for the bonds will be accepted from September 1 for nine days and the bonds will ...

Brokers said investors were approaching them with just allotment letters but were unable to trade as they had not received the bonds in the...

The minimum investment amount in these bonds is just 1 bond or Rs 3,000-3,200, enabling larger number of investor sto participate.

SBI, NSE, Bank of India, ICICI Bank and HDFC Bank were the top five receiving offices. The total subscription in the first three tranches w...

NSE said investors can verify the SGB application details uploaded on the exchange bidding system by participants/bank.

SGB has not been receiving good response from investors and the government has been trying to improve the scheme to make it more attractive.

Under the GMS, it said, total gold collected under Short Term Bank Deposit (STBD) and Medium and Long Term Government Deposit (MLTGD) is 2,...