Russia and Kazakhstan continued to boost their gold reserves in June, data from the International Monetary Fund showed. 
Russia raised gold holdings by 17.3 tonnes to 1,498.8 tonnes in June. 
Kazakhstan raised gold holdings by 3.6 tonnes to 238.2 tonnes in June. 
Turkey raised gold holdings by 10.3 tonnes to 474.4 tonnes in June while Belarus lowered gold holdings by 2.5 tonnes to 40.5 tonnes in June.