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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De Beers Briefs NY Banking Community

New York: Rough diamond supplies are likely to plateau by 2020 and then significantly decline during the following decade, according to Howard Davies, the head of commercial development for De Beers, who briefed members of the New York banking community recently about fundamentals affecting the state of the diamond market. Estimated global rough production, according to De Beers projections, will

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DDC, IDE Create 'Diamond Supply Platform'

New York: The Diamond Dealers Club (DDC) of New York and the Israel Diamond Exchange (IDE) are creating an unparalleled “Diamond Supply Platform” on the trading floor of the DDC, at a time that North American diamond buyers need it most, DDC’s president, Reuven Kaufman, and IDE’s president, Shmuel Schnitzer, said in a joint statement recently. The two pledged to

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Gem-A Confirms Two New Conference Speakers

London: The Gemmological Association of Great Britain (Gem-A)) has announced two new extra-special speakers for the Gem-A Conference 2014 from 1 – 4 November at the Business Design Centre in Islington. Joining the confirmed group of 13 top-international speakers, world-renowned specialist Dr Franz Herzog will run two exclusive workshops on Chemical Analysis using a portable Energy Dispersive X-Ray Fluorescence device

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Rough Prices May See 5-10% Correction

Mumbai: Even as diamond companies are starved of funds, with Antwerp Diamond Bank (ADB) shutting shop in India and Standard Chartered Bank reducing exposure, a correction in the prices of rough and polished diamonds is likely, reports Business Standard. Vipul Shah, chairman of the Gem and Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC), said, “The prices of both rough and polished diamonds

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Platinum Days of Love Celebrates the Love

Mumbai: The ferocity of the second wave of the pandemic caught everyone unaware. It brought people to a breaking point and brought with it a negative spiral due to the collapse of various systems. Couples had just about started to pick up the pieces of their foiled plans when the second wave tore away at the remaining shreds of their

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National Task Force Formed on Hallmarking

New Delhi: The National Task force was formed out of 350 Associations / Federations representing East, West, central, North and South zones of the entire Gems & Jewellery Industry.  The objective of this committee is to ensure a smooth implementation of mandatory hallmarking across the country. Honourable Minister of Consumer Affairs, Mr. Piyush Goyal, virtually met the industry on 24th May

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Vaccination Camp for Daily Wage Diamond Assorters

Mumbai: The ‘Chuttak’ Assorters are the ‘daily wage’ community who play an important role in the Diamond trade. While Bharat Diamond Bourse (BDB) has been successful in providing vaccination facility to fight COVID 19 to all its members as well as Gem and Jewellery Industry members from outside the complex, the bourse committee has gone ahead and decided to vaccinate

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6th Mubri World Meeting : Together We Shine More

Mumbai: In 2020 Mubri International Jeweler´s Association became the Jewelers Association with the highest number of members worldwide. In 2021, despite the economic challenges in the world and in the sector, the initiative remains stronger Mubri started the journey in 2016 primarily supporting the advancement and professional development of women. In 2019, after the Association’s rapid growth, men began to

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