Lacklustre: Jewellery stores, like this one in George Town, are facing slow business. — ZHAFARAN NASIB/The Star
GEORGE TOWN: Just a few months after the gold rush when prices were quite low, jewellers have now been hit with a gold price spurt and poor business since the start of the third movement control order.
Most of them have seen an 80% drop in business with gold prices hitting RM250 per gram yesterday, the highest in three months.
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