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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WFDB Accepts Canada and S. Korea as New Members

Antwerp: The World Federation of Diamond Bourses (WFDB) has accepted the applications for membership of two bourses – the Canada Diamond Bourse and the South Korean diamond exchange. WFDB members approved the applications at the 36th World Diamond Congress in Antwerp which opened yesterday. The Congress is the bi-annual meeting of WFDB and the International Diamond Manufacturers Association (IDMA). The

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Diamond Mfrg. Industry Fighting for Survival: IDMA

Antwerp: “Diamond manufacturers worldwide are fighting for their survival. They are caught between – and battered by – the proverbial hammer, a rough diamond supply system that is foul and faulty – and the anvil, a vertically integrated financial structure that basically continues to bleed them,” Maxim Shkadov, president of the International Diamond Manufacturers Association (IDMA), the representative body of

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Gold Prices Unlikely to Settle due to Iraq Tensions

Mumbai: With the turmoil in Ukraine almost gone from the headlines, gold’s status as a hard asset and storer of wealth in times of trouble lost some of its shine. But as Iraq spirals into all-out war and the US looks in danger of being pulled back into a conflict it has spent the last six years extricating itself from,

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122.52 Carat Blue Diamond Found at Cullinan

Johannesburg: In what is shaping up to be one of most the amazing diamond finds in recent times, a 122.52 ct. blue diamond—the size of a walnut—has been discovered at the Cullinan mine in South Africa, said mine owner Petra Diamonds. Blue diamonds are ultrarare, as are stones weighing more than 100 cts.—making this, as Petra puts it, a “truly

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India Simplifies Jewellery E-Commerce By Post

Mumbai: India’s Ministry of Finance through ‘Central Board Of Indirect Taxes And Customs’ Notification CBIC No. 104/2022- Customs (N.T.) and No. 103/2022-Customs (N.T.) dated 9th December 2022 has notified the Postal Export (Electronic Declaration and Processing) Regulations, 2022 and has amended the ‘Exports by Post’ Regulations 2018 respectively for allowing postal authorities to set up, operate and maintain the PBE (Postal

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India's G&J Exports Grow 11.83% in November

Mumbai: The rise in gem & jewellery (G&J) exports in November after a steep fall in October 2022, indicates the predicted resumption in manufacturing activity post the Diwali break. In November 2022, the G&J exports grew 11.83% to ₹19855.17 crores (2.05% in dollar terms to $ 2429.86 million) as compared to ₹17755.28 crores (US$ 2380.97 million) for the same period

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Sarine Wins Court Case against Surat Software Pirates

Surat: Israel-based Sarine Technologies said an Indian court has ruled against the illegal use of pirated Advisor® software by Surat-based companies. Following the lawsuit filed by Sarine and the subsequent court-ordered raids, the court has found five manufacturers in Surat guilty of copyright infringement and the illegal use of pirated Advisor® rough planning software. Sarine said that due to the

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GJEPC & SEEPZ Sign MoU for Execution of Mega CFC

Mumbai: India’s Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC) and Santacruz Electronics Export Processing Zone (SEEPZ), Mumbai signed an MoU on 7th December 2022, defining their respective responsibilities in developing, executing, and running of the Mega Common Facility Centre (CFC) at SEEPZ Mumbai. The MoU for the execution and running of the Mega CFC was signed by Mr. Vipul Shah,

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