Mumbai, May 1 -- COMEX Gold ranked as a slide under $3300 per ounce mark extended. Gold markets eye demand trends in a key end user segment for near term price outlook. World Gold Council or WGC stated in its latest Gold Demand Trends update that total Q1 global gold demand (inclusive of OTC investment) was 1% higher y/y at 1,206 tonnes (t) - the highest for a first quarter since 2016. Central banks bought 244t of gold in Q1, a slowdown from the previous quarter but comfortably within the quarterly range of the last three years. A sharp revival in gold ETF inflows fuelled a more-than-doubling of total investment demand to 552t (+170% y/y); its highest since Q1'22. Bar and coin demand remained elevated at 325t - 15% above the five-year quart...