Buying gold this Akshaya Tritiya might not be the usual affair as the country undergoes a nationwide lockdown. If you are planning to buy gold this Akshaya Tritiya today, then you won't be able to head to a store and purchase the yellow metal. You can, however, buy gold online. Due to the economic instability, high inflation and market volatility, gold continues to remain an attractive asset and tends to do well during periods of financial volatility. Watch the video for more.Also Read: Fighting COVID-19 with facts not fear: How India can get back to work after coronavirus lockdown

The past many years had been bad for the sector as demonetisation and GST were big put-downers and this is the first Akshaya Tritiya since 2016 that is showing some visible volume uptick.

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On the occasion of Akshaya Tritiya today, as expected, plenty of Indians made token purchases of gold and silver, which helped the yellow metal's price to go up a second day running.