Gold 'Hump' Shifting from Diwali to Xin Nian

``SURGING DEMAND from China, the world's second-largest gold buyer, is changing seasonal patterns in gold price trends for investors everywhere... Indian demand typically peaks with Diwali (the Hindu "festival of lights") in early November. Chinese households, on the other hand, ramp up their gold buying around Chinese New Year (starting on Feb. 3rd in 2011) - and as the hump in global demand is moving from Diwali to Xin Nián, so too is the annual peak in the global gold price.''