Roaring trade for tiger gold bars in city

Limited edition gold bars marking the Chinese new year of the tiger have gone on sale in Beijing.

But hundreds of customers will likely miss out on the commemorative bar after Caibai department store, the city's only authorized dealer, accepted 1.5 tons of orders, but was only given 1.3 tons of gold.

More than 300 kg of the gold bars were sold for 289 yuan per gram yesterday, a record high price that is 73 yuan higher than last year's ox gold bar. About 300 kg is also sold on Tuesday.