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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Israel's Leaders Call for Reduced Rough Supply

Tel Aviv: Major rough diamond producers should reduce rough sales to help bring stability to the diamond pipeline, according to industry leaders in Israel, cited by Rapaport News portal. Shmuel Schnitzer, the president of the Israel Diamond Exchange (IDE), and Jacob Korn, the president of the Israel Diamond Manufacturers Association (IsDMA) expressed their support for restoring profitability to the diamond

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Alrosa’s Diamond Prices Down 6% So Far This Year

Moscow: Russia’s Alrosa, the world’s top diamond producer by output in carats, said Tuesday prices for the precious rocks its mines have fallen by 6% since the start of 2015, but expects market conditions to improve by the end of the year. According to Reuters, the company saw its rough diamond prices decrease by 3% in February and a further

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De Beers June Sight of $550 Million

Gaborone: The De Beers June sight closed with an estimated value of $550 million. Diamond prices were reportedly stable at the sight, while sightholders noted a slight increase in the box price of larger goods. Some added that De Beers also improved the assortment quality on those same boxes. Sightholder sentiment remained negative at the sight as manufacturers stated that

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India’s Polished Exports Down 9% in May

Mumbai: Overall exports of gems and jewellery from India during May 2015 declined by 6.9% as compared to a year ago, reflecting the myriad challenges being faced in global markets, as well as the currency fluctuations during this period. Total exports of gems and jewellery during the month of May 2015 stood at US$ 2,504.51 million as compared to US$

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India's Jewellery Exports Up by 25% in June

Mumbai: The silver jewellery exports from India surged by 25.06% year-on-year to touch $134.52 Million (Rs. 803.50 crores) during the month of June this year while its gold jewellery exports too soared by 24.96% year-on-year to $664 Million (Rs 3966.07 crores), in accordance with the latest data released by the Gem and Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC). According to GJEPC,

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‘Next Generation’ Gemstone Report Disclosure

London: Gemstone miner Gemfields and Gubelin Gem Lab have announced what they call the “next generation” of disclosure on laboratory-issued gemstone certificates. Unlike current gemstone certificates, which are issued without disclosing the identity of the party presenting the gemstone to the laboratory for a report, Gubelin Gem Lab will offer its clients the option of including their names included on

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De Beers Revenue +15% to $4B

Gaborone: Anglo American’s group underlying earnings rose 3 percent to $1.284 billion for the first half that ended on June 30 and De Beers contribution of $469 million reflected an increase of 59 percent. The second greatest contribution to Anglo’s profit, of $443 million, came from the iron ore and manganese unit. Anglo’s profit attributable to shareholders jumped 263 percent

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India’s Rough Imports Inceased by 16.19%

Mumbai: India’s cut & polished diamond exports for month of June 2014 has registered $1,469 million (2,695,000 carats), showing a decrease of 0.66 percent against $1,478.81 million (2,806,000 carats) during June 2013, according to the provisional figures announced by the Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC) of India. For the period of April 2014 to June 2014 too, cut

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