Despite Collapsing Hike Odds, Rising Yields Kept Indian Gold, Silver Below Their Floors

Snap Shot: Most of the damage in the week ending 2 October landed before the good news arrived, and the good news then failed to repair it. August core PCE inflation, released on 30 September, rose 3.0% from a year earlier against expectations of 3.3%, helped partly by methodology changes at the Bureau of Economic Analysis. September payrolls on 2 October then added just 29,000 jobs against forecasts near 90,000, with unemployment at 4.2% and August revised down to 133,000

Read More »

Despite Collapsing Hike Odds, Rising Yields Kept Indian Gold, Silver Below Their Floors

Snap Shot: Most of the damage in the week ending 2 October landed before the good news arrived, and the good news then failed to repair it. August core PCE inflation, released on 30 September, rose 3.0% from a year earlier against expectations of 3.3%, helped partly by methodology changes at the Bureau of Economic Analysis. September payrolls on 2 October then added just 29,000 jobs against forecasts near 90,000, with unemployment at 4.2% and August revised down to 133,000

Read More »

Top News

4th Israel Diamond Week in New York from 19th Oct

Ramat Gan: For the fourth time since the two bourses began cooperating, the Israel Diamond Exchange (IDE) and the Diamond Dealers Club of New York (DDC) will be holding an Israel Diamond Week in New York. The upcoming edition of the event is scheduled for the week of October 19-22, 2015, and will be held on the trading floor of

Read More »

DMCC Plans 'Burj2020 District' Concept

Dubai: The Dubai Multi Commodities Centre (DMCC) has unveiled its ‘Burj2020 District’ concept; a mixed-use urban destination that it says will “connect the world of business with the heart of trade to drive Dubai’s next generation of growth.” The new area, which was unveiled at the 2015 Cityscape Global Conference, will comprise of ultramodern towers and will total more than

Read More »

IDI Readies for Anti-Money Laundering Law

Ramat Gan: Israel Diamond Exchange members will soon be subject to government supervision of cash payment policies as part of new anti-money laundering regulations, state Diamond Controller office Shmuel Mordechai told bourse members on Tuesday, according to the IDE website. The first part of the new policy goes into effect on September 15. By mid-October, IDE members will be subject

Read More »

India’s Gold Schemes Get Govt. Approval

New Delhi: The cabinet of the government of India today announced the launch of Gold Sovereign Bonds (GSB) and a separate Gold Monetization Scheme (GMS) in a bid to lure away Indians from buying physical gold. Both the gold schemes announced today were part of the annual Budget proposal. The salient features of both the gold schemes are: The sovereign

Read More »

AGL Celebrates Five Years under New Management

New York, 15th April: American Gemological Laboratories (AGL), a provider of high-quality gemstone analysis and reporting is celebrating its five-year anniversary under the stewardship of Christopher P. Smith. “Five years ago, AGL was re-privatized during one of the most difficult periods the US and world financial markets have experienced in recent decades. AGL, however, had a good reputation and we did

Read More »

Gold Smuggling Arrests Jump 750% YoY in India

Mumbai, 14th April: While cases of gold smuggling in India have jumped 265% from 40 in 2012-13 to 146 in 2013-14, the number of people arrested has shot up by 750%, from 30 in 2012-13 to 255 in 2013-14, data from the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence shows, according to a report published in Mineweb. “Gold imports through the legal channel have

Read More »

Latest Videos