Betting big on gold as a reserve asset, central banks around the world have ramped up their gold reserves in the third quarter of the ongoing calendar year 2025. Gold is traditionally seen as a safe haven asset and its rally in the last year has majorly been driven by central banks stepping up their purchases. Central banks worldwide increased their gold acquisitions during the third quarter of this year, with a net addition of 220 tonnes, which is a 28% rise from last quarter, according to the World Gold Council's (WGC) latest Gold Demand Trends Q3 2025 report quoted by ET. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has added approximately 600 kilos of gold to its reserves between April and September this year, with total gold reserves reaching 880 tonnes by the final week of September.

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