(Reuters) - The Perth Mint's sales of gold products rose 23 percent in July, while silver sales declined for the first time in three months, the mint said in a blog post on its website on Wednesday.
Sales of gold coins and minted bars increased to 23,675 ounces in July from 19,259 ounces a month ago, the mint said.
Silver sales during the month slipped about 4 percent to 1,167,963 ounces, compared with 1,215,071 ounces in June, according to the blog post.
The Perth Mint refines more than 90 percent of newly mined gold in Australia, the world's No. 2 gold producer after China.
Gold prices <XAU=> fell on Thursday as the dollar inched up from multi-month lows and as signs the U.S. economy was strengthening turned investor focus to riskier assets.
Period Gold (oz) Silver (oz)
Jul-17 23,675 1,167,963
Jun-17 19,259 1,215,071
May-17 29,679 826,656
Apr-17 10,490 468,977
Mar-17 22,232 716,283
Feb-17 25,257 502,353
Jan-17 72,745 1,230,867
Dec-16 63,420 430,009
Nov-16 54,747 984,622
Oct-16 79,048 1,084,213
Sept-16 58,811 1,031,858
Aug-16 14,684 376,461
Jul-16 16,870 693,447
Jun-16 31,368 1,220,817
May-16 21,035 974,865
Apr-16 47,542 1,161,766
Mar-16 47,948 1,756,238
Feb-16 37,063 1,049,062
Jan-16 47,759 1,473,408
Dec-15 40,096 1,083,460
Nov-15 31,664 1,145,239
Oct-15 66,951 1,751,898
Sep-15 63,791 3,349,557
Aug-15 33,390 707,656
Jul-15 51,088 746,700
(Reporting by Koustav Samanta in Bengaluru; Editing by Tom Hogue)
