Kathmadnu, April 15 -- The domestic bullion market witnessed fluctuations this week, with both gold and silver prices falling sharply early on before staging a strong recovery by the end of the week on April 14.

According to the Federation of Nepal Gold and Silver Dealers' Association, fine gold opened the week on April 8 at Rs299,000 per tola. Prices, however, dropped the following day by Rs4,300 to reach a weekly low of Rs294,700 on April 9.

The downturn proved short-lived as gold began to climb steadily from April 10. By the close of trading on April 14, the price rebounded to Rs299,800 per tola-up Rs800 from the week's opening rate.

Silver followed a similar trend. It started the week at Rs5,025 per tola before declining to Rs4,875...