KATHMANDU:- The price of gold, which has been declining for the past few days, has increased by a whopping Rs 20,500 today. According to the Nepal Gold and Silver Business Federation, gold has increased by Rs 20,500 per tola today.

The price of one tola of gold, which was bought and sold at Rs 290,000 last Friday, has been fixed at Rs 311,100 today. Similarly, the price of one tola of silver has been fixed at Rs 5,345. Last Friday, one tola of silver was bought and sold at Rs 5,040.

According to international media, an ounce of gold is being traded at $4,730 in the international market today, and the same amount of the white metal is being traded at $87.