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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Inaugural Ruby Auction Nets $33.5m – Gemfields

Johannesburg: The inaugural auction of rough ruby and corundum mined at Aim-listed Gemfields’ 75%-owned Montepuez deposit, in Mozambique, has raised $33.5-million, taking the coloured-gemstones mining and marketing company’s overall revenue for rough gemstone sales to in excess of $143-million for the current financial year. The auction, held in Singapore from June 12 to 17, had included both high- and low-quality

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GJEPC Demands Relaxations from Govt.

Mumbai: The Gems and Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC) has urged the government to reduce import duty on gold and silver to 2 per cent from 10 per cent. An official News Release received by this website says that the body has also demanded for scrapping the existing 80:20 scheme, which was imposed by the government in August last year,

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36th World Diamond Congress Concludes

Antwerp: The 36th World Diamond Congress concluded in Antwerp, Belgium, and reflected strength in the attendance and the presence of international diamond, gem stone and jewellery industry organization delegates. These included the representatives of 30 bourses affiliated to the World Federation of Diamond Bourses (WFDB), 15 members of the International Diamond Manufacturers Association (IDMA), the two bodies that organize the

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ADB's Profit -31%, Interest Income +13%

Antwerp: The Antwerp Diamond Bank (ADB), a subsidiary of the KBC Bank, reported that its balance sheet fell 7 percent year on year to $2.4 billion (EUR 1.692 billion) in 2013, according to a report published on Rapaport. A selective credit issuing policy during the year held the bank’s number of debtors stable, and global net interest income rose almost

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Plain Gold Jewellery Exports Grow Post India-UAE CEPA

Mumbai: For the period of April–December 2022, the overall gross exports of Cut & Polished diamonds (CPDs) declined 1.24% to ₹132,075.47 crores (fell 7.67% in dollar terms to US$ 16,625.45 million) as compared to ₹133,737.22 crores (US$ 18,006.79 million) for the same period last year. The Ukraine-Russia conflict has started to affect the Cut & Polished Diamond exports that has

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Organised Jewellery Retailers’ Revenue to Rise 23-25%

Mumbai: Revenue of organised gold jewellery retailers, which had a growth spurt of 36% last fiscal on a low base of the pandemic-marred fiscal 2021, will maintain the glimmer in 2022 with 23-25% growth as volume grows on pent-up demand and recovery in discretionary spending, and realisations inch up, CRISIL Ratings said. Next fiscal, however, growth will moderate to 8-12%,

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Saiyam Mehra is New Chairman of GJC

Mumbai The All India Gem & Jewellery Domestic Council (GJC), the national apex body of the gems and jewellery industry has appointed Mr. Saiyam Mehra as Chairman and Mr. Rajesh Rokde as its Vice Chairman for a period of two years (2023-24). The list of other newly elected directors of GJC has been uploaded on the company website www.gjc.org.in Mr Saiyam Mehra known for his vision to create benchmarks in the business of gold jewellery has been closely associated with GJC for the past many

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Gold Prices Likely to Rise towards 62000 per 10 Gram

Mumbai: Demand for gold in 2023 is likely to rise due to geopolitical uncertainty coupled with the looming risk of recession, according to ICICI Direct Research. Historically, gold as an asset is considered to be safe as it typically manages to retain or appreciate its underlying value in times of turbulence. “Gold prices are likely to rise mainly on the

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