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Turkey's Weekly Gold Sales Hit Highest Since 2018

March 26th news: Data shows that as of the week ending March 20th, Turkey's central bank gold reserves fell from 820.8 tons to 771.8 tons. Banking sources stated that this marks the largest weekly decline in the Turkish central bank's gold reserves since August 2018, with approximately 22 tons of gold sold last week. In addition to selling gold, the Turkish central bank also conducted gold swap transactions totaling about 31 tons last week. (Jingshi)

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