The Eurozone central banks that ♥ gold…

"Bullionvault’s head of research Adrian Ash has spotted an interesting trend among Eurozone central banks this year.

Rather than selling gold, they’ve been buying it instead.

Not a lot.

But buying — mostly for gold coin trading purposes– nevertheless.

As Ash noted to FT Alphaville on Wednesday:

Contrary to apparent “rumor”, Eurozone central banks are buying gold, not selling it. Only by €6 million mind, and all of it in coin so far in 2011. But even excluding Estonia’s Euro-accession purchase, the net rise still stands in sharp contrast to the 1,937 tonnes sold by those same 17 central banks over the previous 12 years..."

at  http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2011/06/15/594986/the-eurozone-central-banks-that-%e2%99%a5-gold/