Spot silver closes up, gold down

Mumbai, Aug 3 (UNI) Spot Silver today closed firm on bullish global advice, but Gold came down on lack of fresh speculative demand in view of encouraging advice from global markets, traders at the Bombay Bullion Association said.

Following are the closing rates of spot silver and gold: Silver (per kg) 999 fineness grade : Rs 17,890 (17,865), Gold (per 10 gm) Gold 99.5 purity standard mint : Rs 8,735 (8,750) Gold 99.9 purity pure Gold : Rs 8,780 (8,800) UNI