However, silver maintained its rising trend and firmed up by Rs 55 per kg on increased offtake by industrial units.
Standard gold (99.5 purity) eased by Rs 5 to close at Rs 29,235 per 10 grams from Monday's level of Rs 29,240.
Pure gold (99.9 purity) also moved down by a similar margin to finish at Rs 29,385 per 10 grams as against Rs 29,390 earlier.
Silver (.999 fineness) rose by Rs 55 to end at Rs 38,925 from Rs 38,870 earlier.
Spot gold was little changed at USD 1,275.69 per ounce at early trade.
Among other precious metals, silver edged up 0.1 per cent at USD 16.86 an ounce.
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