Belarusians buy less gold and more silver

Belarusians have started buying less gold and more silver. Almost 30 thousand gold bars weighing 797 kilos were sold in January-July 2009 which is 1.7 times less compares to the amount sold in the same period of the last year.
BelaPAN refers to the information department of the National Bank and informs that more than 11 thousand silver bars weighing 672 kilos were sold in the first six months of the year which is 12 times more than last year.