Gold prices went down by 0.18 per cent to Rs 26,922 per 10 gram at the futures trade today as speculators trimmed positions, tracking a weak global trend.

On the Multi Commodity Exchange, gold for delivery in August fell Rs 49 or 0.18 per cent to Rs 26,922 per ten grams in a business turnover of 2,145 lots.

Similarly, the yellow metal for delivery in October traded lower by Rs 47 or 0.17 per cent to Rs 27,175 per ten gram in 156 lots.

Analysts attributed the fall in gold futures to a weak global trend.

Meanwhile, gold fell 0.13 per cent to $1,184.10 an ounce in Singapore.

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