With December Hike Odds Intact, Can a Midterm Rally Repair Gold, Silver’s Breakdowns?

Macro Snapshot: Gold posted its best week since late August, but it got there on rate relief that had disappeared by Friday. COMEX gold rose 4.5% to $4,074.9 and silver 5.4% to $51.94 while cheaper oil pushed the odds of a December Fed hike down from about 71% on 30 October to 64% ahead of Friday’s payrolls, according to CME FedWatch readings reported by Benzinga and Reuters. The jobs data sent the odds back up to 74.8%, CNBC reported, a

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With December Hike Odds Intact, Can a Midterm Rally Repair Gold, Silver’s Breakdowns?

Macro Snapshot: Gold posted its best week since late August, but it got there on rate relief that had disappeared by Friday. COMEX gold rose 4.5% to $4,074.9 and silver 5.4% to $51.94 while cheaper oil pushed the odds of a December Fed hike down from about 71% on 30 October to 64% ahead of Friday’s payrolls, according to CME FedWatch readings reported by Benzinga and Reuters. The jobs data sent the odds back up to 74.8%, CNBC reported, a

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Botswana Diamonds Loss Widens to $1.6mln

Gaborone: Botswana Diamonds, which is currently exploring for diamonds in the in the Orapa area in Botswana together with its joint venture partner Alrosa, said it posted an operating loss of £1.05 million ($1.6 million) during the year ended June 2014, from £477,908 ($748,884) a year earlier. No revenues were recorded while its pre-tax losses rose to £948,610 ($1.5 million)

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IDI Launches Holiday B2C Sales Platform

Ramat Gan: The Israeli Diamond Industry is gearing up for Cyber Monday with a pop-up B2C e-commerce platform for loose diamonds and diamond jewelry, launched by the Israel Diamond Institute Group of Companies (IDI). The dedicated mini-site, which will offer goods at considerable discounts from some of Israel’s leading companies, will go live on December 1 and will be up

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India's Oct. Polished Exports -15%

Mumbai: India’s polished diamond exports fell 15 percent year on year to $2.219 billion in October, data published by the Gem and Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC) showed. By volume, exports dropped 16 percent to 3.786 million carats, while the average price of the exports rose 2 percent to $686.78 per carat. Polished imports to the country increased 3 percent

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WFDB Calls for Action against Over Grading

Antwerp: In a signed, open letter, Ernie Blom, President of the World Federation of Diamond Bourses has warned that “overstated certification” or the practice of over grading by labs could cause a serious erosion of consumer confidence. In some cases he said, such a practice could also be construed as fraud and have criminal implications. Blom called for all member

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WGC Launches New Campaign to Attract Youth

Mumbai: The World Gold Council (WGC) has launched a new look ‘You are gold’ campaign in partnership with Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC) to increase awareness, relevance and adoption of gold jewellery amongst young Indian women. The latest ‘You are gold’ campaign aims to inspire young women to express themselves. The ad film showcases a montage of young

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India's G&J Exports Rise 12.82% in April-September

Mumbai: For the cumulative period of April – September 2022, the overall gross exports of gem & jewellery (G&J) witnessed a growth of 12.82% to Rs. 161545.06 crores (6.31% in dollar terms to US$ 20580.11 million) as compared to Rs. 143187.15 crores (US$ 19359.01 million) for the same period last year. With this the gem & jewellery sector has managed

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Al Cook to Succeed Bruce Cleaver as CEO of De Beers

London: De Beers Group has announced that Bruce Cleaver will be succeeded by Al Cook as CEO of De Beers Group from early next year. Bruce will become Co-Chairman of De Beers Group, alongside De Beers Group Chairman and Anglo American Chief Executive Duncan Wanblad. During more than six years as CEO of De Beers Group, Bruce has led the

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PGI Men of Platinum Launches New Campaign

Mumbai: There are a few men who show self-belief and display immense courage when faced with challenging situations. These are men who always stay true to their values no matter what. In doing so, these men of character inspire those around them. The cricket pitch too is a place that tests the character of many, including the icons we love.

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