{"id":20976,"date":"2026-03-16T10:30:36","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T05:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/devikapuram.com\/?p=20976"},"modified":"2026-05-14T17:23:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T11:53:15","slug":"gold-price-chennai-today-march-16-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.devikapuram.com\/?p=20976","title":{"rendered":"Gold Prices Drop at the Start of the Week &#8211; Current Rates in Chennai"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;section&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_row admin_label=&#8221;row&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.5&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221; width=&#8221;100%&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Text&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;]Chennai: After rising on the 10th and 11th of this month, gold prices have been declining over the past few days in Chennai. Two days ago, the price of ornamental gold fell by\u00a0<strong>\u20b91,120 per sovereign<\/strong>, bringing the rate down to\u00a0<strong>\u20b91,18,080 per sovereign<\/strong>, while the price per gram dropped by<strong>\u00a0\u20b9140<\/strong>\u00a0to<strong>\u00a0\u20b914,760<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>As yesterday was a holiday, there was no change in the gold price. However, the downward trend has continued today for the fourth consecutive day. The price of gold has decreased by\u00a0<strong>\u20b9400 per sovereign<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>\u20b950 per gram<\/strong>. Currently, ornamental gold in Chennai is being sold at\u00a0<strong>\u20b91,17,680 per sovereign<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>\u20b914,710 per gram<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Silver Prices Also Decline<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Silver prices have also dropped today. The price of silver has decreased by \u20b94 per gram and\u00a0<strong>\u20b94,000 per kilogram<\/strong>. As a result, silver is now being sold at\u00a0<strong>\u20b9276 per gram and \u20b92,76,000 per kilogram<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Gold Price Trend \u2013 Last 5 Days (Per Sovereign)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>16.03.2026<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 \u20b91,17,680<br \/>\n<strong>15.03.2026<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 \u20b91,18,080<br \/>\n<strong>14.03.2026<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 \u20b91,18,080<br \/>\n<strong>13.03.2026<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 \u20b91,19,200<br \/>\n<strong>12.03.2026<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 \u20b91,19,760[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chennai: After rising on the 10th and 11th of this month, gold prices have been declining over the past few days in Chennai. Two days ago, the price of ornamental gold fell by\u00a0\u20b91,120 per sovereign, bringing the rate down to\u00a0\u20b91,18,080 per sovereign, while the price per gram dropped by\u00a0\u20b9140\u00a0to\u00a0\u20b914,760. As yesterday was a holiday, there [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20978,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"Chennai: After rising on the 10th and 11th of this month, gold prices have been declining over the past few days in Chennai. Two days ago, the price of ornamental gold fell by\u00a0<strong>\u20b91,120 per sovereign<\/strong>, bringing the rate down to\u00a0<strong>\u20b91,18,080 per sovereign<\/strong>, while the price per gram dropped by<strong>\u00a0\u20b9140<\/strong>\u00a0to<strong>\u00a0\u20b914,760<\/strong>.\n\nAs yesterday was a holiday, there was no change in the gold price. However, the downward trend has continued today for the fourth consecutive day. The price of gold has decreased by\u00a0<strong>\u20b9400 per sovereign<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>\u20b950 per gram<\/strong>. Currently, ornamental gold in Chennai is being sold at\u00a0<strong>\u20b91,17,680 per sovereign<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>\u20b914,710 per gram<\/strong>.\n\n<strong>Silver Prices Also Decline<\/strong>\n\nSilver prices have also dropped today. The price of silver has decreased by \u20b94 per gram and\u00a0<strong>\u20b94,000 per kilogram<\/strong>. As a result, silver is now being sold at\u00a0<strong>\u20b9276 per gram and \u20b92,76,000 per kilogram<\/strong>.\n\n<strong>Gold Price Trend \u2013 Last 5 Days (Per Sovereign)<\/strong>\n\n<strong>16.03.2026<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 \u20b91,17,680\n<strong>15.03.2026<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 \u20b91,18,080\n<strong>14.03.2026<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 \u20b91,18,080\n<strong>13.03.2026<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 \u20b91,19,200\n<strong>12.03.2026<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 \u20b91,19,760","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[35,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20976","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gold-news","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.devikapuram.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20976","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.devikapuram.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.devikapuram.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.devikapuram.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.devikapuram.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=20976"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/dev.devikapuram.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20976\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31381,"href":"https:\/\/dev.devikapuram.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20976\/revisions\/31381"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.devikapuram.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/20978"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.devikapuram.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20976"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.devikapuram.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=20976"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.devikapuram.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=20976"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}