Russian sales bring gold reserves to their lowest since 2020
Reported by Mining.com: “Russian sales bring gold reserves to their lowest since 2020”. Gold settled at $4,681 an ounce on August 21, 2026 — $150.48 per gram, +2.39% on the day. The story touches Russia: we track local prices and customs flows for those.
Official-sector buying or selling changes physical demand and long-term market expectations. Persistent purchases can support the market, but do not guarantee an immediate price increase. Thirty sessions later gold traded at $4,157 an ounce, -11.19% versus the date of the report. That is an observation about the market, not a consequence of one headline.
- official reserves
- physical demand
- currency confidence
- long-term expectations
- next reserve disclosure
- net purchase volume
- geographic breadth
- reserve and import data: Russia
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