Global gold reserves of central banks increased by 28 tons in December. Turkey remains the largest buyer, which has increased its reserves by 28 tons in a month. After Uzbekistan, China also entered the top three - also 9 tons.

Kazakhstan became the main seller of gold in the last month of last year. The country sold five times more precious metals compared to a month earlier - 10 tons in December (2 tons in November). In addition, neighboring Kyrgyzstan sold 2 tons in December.