The global financial crisis prompted some Portuguese to sell their jewelry, which led to the prosperity qualitative witnessed the gold market user in Portugal due because of the growing numbers of people who were forced by circumstances to sell their jewelry in exchange for tens of euros match the price of gold, which sold it in order to be able to secure the expenses necessary for them through month.
The global crisis also had a deep impact on the lives of economists after losing successive and large, but it was an impact large and noticeable in the lives of traffickers in gold and all this was due to the economic crisis and lack of liquidity, some reports said that despite the rise in gold prices in the past ten years, according to what he says Pinhao, but noted that the Portuguese, compared with other Europeans across Europe as long as they love gold jewelry and jewelry made specifically grams of gold.
In addition, the Director of the largest gold companies in the Portuguese market Rui Pinhao that the gold sector has actually flourished last year as increased company purchases of gold three times and in 2010, where he was the best in the last twenty years "as the company opened within more than 150 branches two years in all parts of Portugal .
He says Pinhao The Portuguese became their habit during the last period selling their jewelry and did not appear to have any features of frequency, as they face the burden of a large debt, due to the loyalty increased austerity phase increased in the first of January, says "People come, carrying some of the jewels in order to sell them and then they bring me to get Gold prices appropriate for them, in the event of their consent to the deal expires receipt of the money and then go after it. "
In addition to the sale price ranging from 20 to 25 euros for a small ring, and 750 to 1,000 euros to about 50 grams of gold and that the majority of customers are women, between the age of thirty and fifty.