Today, gold was trading higher at the Multi Commodity Exchange for April contracts. The precious metal was up by 210 rupees to trade at 62,290 rupees per ten gram. While silver futures for March contracts were up 431 rupees trade at 71,440 rupees per kilogram when reports last came in.

In the global markets, gold was trading up at 2,042 dollars and 50 cents per ounce at COMEX. Silver was trading up at 22 dollars and 99 cents per ounce in the intra-day trade when reports last came in.