A Surging Rupee Tripled Gold’s Global Loss in India as Silver Broke Down

Macro Snapshot: The Reserve Bank of India changed the domestic arithmetic before trading opened on 12 October. On 10 October it announced a special window to meet the entire daily dollar requirement of Indian Oil, Bharat Petroleum and Hindustan Petroleum directly from its reserves, taking a large block of import demand out of the spot market. The central bank also tightened rupee derivative rules, imposing a 20% Foreign Exchange Risk Reserve on eligible contracts above $2 million and barring the

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A Surging Rupee Tripled Gold’s Global Loss in India as Silver Broke Down

Macro Snapshot: The Reserve Bank of India changed the domestic arithmetic before trading opened on 12 October. On 10 October it announced a special window to meet the entire daily dollar requirement of Indian Oil, Bharat Petroleum and Hindustan Petroleum directly from its reserves, taking a large block of import demand out of the spot market. The central bank also tightened rupee derivative rules, imposing a 20% Foreign Exchange Risk Reserve on eligible contracts above $2 million and barring the

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Four Leaders Join Board of Directors of PDE

Panama: The Panama Diamond has announced that four key leaders of the international diamond and jewelry industries have joined the Board of Directors of the Panama Diamond Exchange. They are Roberto Coin, the world renowned Italian jewelry designer and manufacturer; Maxim Shkadov, President of the International Diamond Manufacturers Association; Shmuel Schnitzer, President of the Israel Diamond Exchange; and Reuven Kaufman,

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India's Gold Jewellery Imports Jump 10% in Q1

Mumbai: India’s gold jewellery imports surged 10 per cent to Rs. 696.44 crore in the first quarter of this fiscal as high premium on the yellow metal following tough import norms forced traders to get finished jewellery from abroad, the Gems and Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC) has said. However, import of gold bars declined marginally by 3.32 per cent

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More Than 200 Buyers Registered for Diamond Week

Ramat Gan: More than 200 foreign buyers are registered already for participation in the International Diamond Week (IDW) that will be held September 1-4 at the Israel Diamond Exchange (IDE). They will come face-to-face with more than 350 diamond firms which will exhibit their diamond stocks in the IDE’s trading hall. Since the IDW is a joint effort of the

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KP Wants Firm Action on CAR Conflict Diamond Trade

Shanghai: Kimberley Process Certification Scheme members are upset by reports that conflict diamonds being extracted in the Central African Republic and are finding their way into the legitimate global diamond trade. After an inter-sessional meeting in Shanghai in June, the KPCS resolved to take action to stem the spillover of diamonds from the CAR, Israelidiamond.co.il reported. The KPCS determined that

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De Beers Aggressively Hikes Diamond Prices

Gaborone: De Beers pushed through one of its most aggressive diamond price increases in recent years as the world’s biggest producer of the stones cashes in on a buying frenzy for uncut gems, reports aljazeera.com. De Beers raised prices by about 8% at its first sale of the year, according to people familiar with the situation who asked not to

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GJEPC Launches India Jewellery Park Mumbai

Mumbai: India’s Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC) has announced launch of India Jewellery Park Mumbai (IJPM). An Iconic, State-of-the-Art Architecture, IJPM is envisaged to house more than 1,000 Gems and Jewellery units on a sprawling 21.3-acre plot of land in Mahape, Navi Mumbai. IPJPM would also be a welcome change for local handmade jewellery workers and factories in

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Framework for Operationalizing Gold Exchange

Mumbai: The Securities & Exchange Board of India (SEBI) in its meeting held on September 28, 2021 approved the framework for Gold Exchange and SEBI (Vault Managers) Regulations, 2021. Government of India vide Gazette notification S.O. 5401 (E) dated December 24, 2021, has declared “electronic gold receipts” as ‘securities’ under Section 2(h)(iia) of the Securities Contracts (Regulation) Act 1956, and vide

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1 Cr. Jewellery Pieces Hallmarked with HUID in Dec

Mumbai: Numbers say it all. The industry has welcomed and adapted mandatory gold jewellery hallmarking wholeheartedly. There has been consistent progress in hallmarking since the Government of India made gold jewellery hallmarking mandatory in mid-June 2021. There have been major advances in every aspect of hallmarking. About 1 crore pieces are hallmarked with HUID last month. Consumers through BIS Care app, can view

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