Wednesday, quoting updated reserve data from China’s central bank, Krishan Gopaul, senior European, Middle East, and Asian markets analyst at the World Gold Council, said the country bought 24.9 tonnes of gold in February.

This is the fourth monthly increase in its gold reserves since China started publishing data in November. Gopaul noted that so far, the PBOC has bought 102 tonnes of gold in this cycle.

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