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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India's Gold Imports Rising

Mumbai: Gold imports are estimated to be 95 tonne during September, mainly on account of decline in international prices and due to the ongoing festive season, according to an industry expert. “The import of the yellow metal is estimated to be around 95 tonnes during this September. The imports rose mainly due to decline in price in the global markets,

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Zimbabwe Pilot Local Diamond Auction Fails

Harare: In the beginning of October Zimbabwe opened its diamond tender in Harare. A large-scale local auction was schedule for early November to coincide with the country’s bi-annual diamond conference. The Herald newspaper reports that the gems “went for a song” after international buyers bought them at ‘half’ the international price. The daily claimed that questions had been raised on

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Shanghai Mission Great Success for Antwerp

Antwerp: The Belgian city of Antwerp and the Chinese city of Shanghai celebrated the 30th anniversary of their sisterhood ties with a spectacular fashion show in Shanghai, completely accessorized with diamonds. The exclusive evening was organized by the Antwerp World Diamond Centre. Antwerp diamond traders traveled to Shanghai and seized the opportunity to network with the Chinese diamond traders present

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Smaller Sights in October

Gaborone: Rough diamond sights held by De Beers and Alrosa in October were relatively small, particularly in light of the De Beers Sights held this year that have been in excess of $700 million. The Sight reflected the fact that Indian diamond manufacturers will be closing down for at least three weeks from around October 20, while some plants will

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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

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