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

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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

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De Beers Cuts Diamond Prices to Boost Demand

Gaborone: De Beers, the world’s biggest diamond producer, has lowered prices by as much as nine percent to boost sales, Bloomberg News said Monday quoting three unnamed sources. The move came amid a wider commodities slump, with global stock markets plunging over fears of an economic slowdown in China, a key growth sector for diamond sales. The price cuts follow

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Large Diamond Missing from Madhya Pradesh

Bhopal: A large diamond, thought to be worth as much as Rs 500 million ($7.47 million) has gone missing from Panna in the Madhya Pradesh district of India. According to State minister and local MLA Kusum Mehedele, the “gooseberry-sized” stone should have been in the diamond office where it would have been properly valued before auction. In a letter written

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Tongo to Produce 1M Carats Over 18 Years

Freetown: Stellar Diamonds said a preliminary economic assessment shows the Tongo kimberlite project in Sierra Leone can produce almost 1 million carats over the next 18 years, according to a company announcement. “The objective was to define updated project economics for both surface and underground mining of the diamond resource in support of the mining license application,” according to the

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Further Fall of INR May Narrow Profit of Importers

New Delhi: As the rupee fell past 66.5/USD today, the concerns on the impact of currency depreciation have resurfaced as was the case in 1H13. However, India Ratings and Research (Ind-Ra) opines that the negative impact will be limited to highly leveraged net importers, some of whom because of their cost-structure exhibit a high sensitivity to ‘INR depreciation’. According to

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India-UK BSM 2026 kicks off in London

London: With the India–UK Free Trade Agreement (FTA) set to come into force on 15 July 2026, India’s Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC) has brought together 20 leading Indian gem & jewellery manufacturers and prominent UK buyers for two days of focused business meetings at the Arsenal Executive Box, Emirates Stadium, London. The event marks another significant step

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Forevermark Presents ICON Bracelet Inspired by Abhishek Shama

Mumbai: Forevermark Diamond Jewellery gifted a bespoke ICON bracelet for ace Indian cricketer Abhishek Sharma, a culmination of sports, design & inspiration. The bracelet was designed in association with the cricketer and reimagines the brand’s most recognizable symbol, The North Star- as a bold, contemporary jewellery design.  Set in 18 carat white gold, delicate pavé diamond links connect each ICON element, adding brilliance and refinement throughout.The continuous sequence of icons across the bracelet symbolizes excellence, consistency and enduring value, qualities that reflect

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CIBJO Publishes 2nd Pre-Congress Special Report 

Milan: With fewer than nine weeks to go to the opening of the 2026 CIBJO Congress in Vicenza, Italy, on September 4, 2026, the second of the pre-congress Special Reports has been released. Prepared by the CIBJO Marketing and Education Commission, headed by Jonathan Kendall, the report details the establishment of the International Fine Jewellery Academy (IFJA), one of the

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