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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
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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GJEPC Hosts Exporter & GCC Designers’ Workshop
Mumbai: India’s Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC) hosted the inaugural session of the Exporter and GCC Designers’ Workshop at the Bharat Ratnam Mega CFC, SEEPZ in Mumbai on 17th July. The event marks a key milestone in the lead-up to SAJEX (Saudi Arabia Jewellery Exposition), GJEPC’s first-ever show in Saudi Arabia, scheduled from 11th to 13th September 2025 at
Registrations Open for JGW Hong Kong
Hong Kong: Buyer pre-registration for Jewellery & Gem WORLD Hong Kong (JGW) – the world’s No. 1 jewellery sourcing destination – is now open, show organiser Informa Markets Jewellery announced today. Trade buyers may pre-register until 7 September to experience six specialised B2B sourcing experiences across two premier locations spread out over seven days. From 15 to 19 September, the
Jewellery Hand Carriage Facilitation Centre Opened at Mumbai Airport
Mumbai: India’s Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC), in collaboration with Mumbai Customs, formally inaugurated the Jewellery Hand Carriage Facilitation Centre at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMIA), Terminal 2, on 16th July 2025. The facilitation centre was inaugurated by Mr. Surjit Bhujbal, Member Customs, CBIC, in the presence of Mrs. Prachi Saroop, Principal Chief Commissioner, Mr. Alok Jha,
Despite Challenges, Gold is Well Positioned
Mumbai: Gold entered the second half of 2025 following an exceptionally strong performance in the first six months of the year, with prices rising 26%. This surge was driven by a weaker US dollar, ongoing geopolitical tensions, strong investor interest, and sustained central bank buying, according to the World Gold Council’s (WGC) mid-year outlook released on Tuesday, July 15. While
CIBJO Congress Becomes 1st Carbon-Neutral Event
Milan: With the submission of a report that carefully details the carbon footprint of this year’s CIBJO Congress, which took place in Salvador da Bahia, Brazil, May 4-6, 2015, and the purchase by CIBJO of offsetting carbon credits, the annual gathering of the World Jewellery Confederation is to officially become the first-ever major event in the industry to qualify as
De Beers Cuts Diamond Prices to Boost Demand
Gaborone: De Beers, the world’s biggest diamond producer, has lowered prices by as much as nine percent to boost sales, Bloomberg News said Monday quoting three unnamed sources. The move came amid a wider commodities slump, with global stock markets plunging over fears of an economic slowdown in China, a key growth sector for diamond sales. The price cuts follow
Large Diamond Missing from Madhya Pradesh
Bhopal: A large diamond, thought to be worth as much as Rs 500 million ($7.47 million) has gone missing from Panna in the Madhya Pradesh district of India. According to State minister and local MLA Kusum Mehedele, the “gooseberry-sized” stone should have been in the diamond office where it would have been properly valued before auction. In a letter written
Tongo to Produce 1M Carats Over 18 Years
Freetown: Stellar Diamonds said a preliminary economic assessment shows the Tongo kimberlite project in Sierra Leone can produce almost 1 million carats over the next 18 years, according to a company announcement. “The objective was to define updated project economics for both surface and underground mining of the diamond resource in support of the mining license application,” according to the
