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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IDE to Advance "Natural is Real" During IDW

Ramat Gan: The Israel Diamond Exchange (IDE) will be advancing its “Natural Is real” campaign during the Israel Diamond Week in New York to be held next month at the Diamond Dealers Club of New York (DDC). The campaign, which was launched during last year’s Israel Diamond Week in New York, stresses the Israeli diamond industry and trade’s commitment to

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UK-Ireland Jewellery Industry Unite Over Ethics

London: Industry leaders from the major trade associations and buying groups in the UK and Ireland have come together to take a lead on issues of ethics and corporate social responsibility in the jewellery industry by backing the work of the Jewellery Ethics Committee UK (JEC-UK). At a designer-maker evening event organized by JEC-UK at the Goldsmiths’ Centre on Thursday

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India Needs More World-Class Gold Refineries

Mumbai: At the two-day seminar organized by the India Bullion and Jewellers Association (IBJA), experts were of the opinion that Indian household, which has total holding of around 25,000 tonnes of gold, needs more gold refineries for monetizing and attracting foreign direct investment (FDI) in the sector. India continues to be a major consumer of gold, importing on average 600

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Indian Bullion Trade Asso. to Retail Gold, Silver

Mumbai: India’s bullion trade body, India Bullion and Jewellers Association Ltd. (IBJA), has entered into retailing of gold and silver coins and bars, reports resourceinvestor.com. This is the first time that IBJA has entered into bullion trading. The association will source gold from overseas and local gold suppliers. The coins will range between 1 gram and 1,000 grams and will

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Global Platinum Jewellery Market Rebounds

Mumbai: Platinum Guild International (PGI), a worldwide marketing organization dedicated to creating, expanding, and strengthening consumer and trade markets for platinum jewellery, has shared its findings from its Platinum Jewellery Business Review update for Q1 2025, highlighting strong growth across key global markets, led by a significant recovery in China. Platinum jewellery is seeing renewed global momentum, with China leading

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India not to Ask Nirav Modi About PNB Scam

London: Ahead of the extradition hearing of fugitive diamantaire Nirav Modi at Westminster Court, India has assured the United Kingdom that the Fugitive Economic Offender will not be “questioned” in connection with the $2 billion Punjab National Bank (PNB) fraud case. A written assurance or sovereign guarantee to this effect has been submitted to the UK authorities through the Crown

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De Beers Launches Desert Diamonds Beacon

London: De Beers Group has announced the consumer launch of Desert diamonds, the first new ‘beacon’ it has developed in over a decade, supported by its largest category marketing investment in more than ten years. A De Beers beacon is a celebration of natural diamonds that is manifested through a jewelry concept designed to galvanize the industry around a central

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Amit Pratihari Named MD, GIA India Laboratory 

Mumbai: The board of directors of GIA India Laboratory Pvt. Ltd. (GIA India) has appointed Amit Pratihari as managing director, responsible for all aspects of GIA India’s gemological laboratories in Mumbai and Surat, as well as the GIA India school in Mumbai. Reporting to the board of directors of GIA India, he assumed his responsibilities on October 1. Amit’s deep experience

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