Global gold market trading volumes averaged a record US$488 billion per day during the first half of the year.

China's Huaan Gold ETF has overtaken the Huatai-PineBridge CSI 300 ETF as the country's largest ETF, with $16.2B in AUM amid record gold inflows.

China's central bank reported its largest monthly gold reserve increase in over two years. The People's Bank of China added nearly fifteen metric tons to its holdings. This…