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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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Gold Smuggling Arrests Jump 750% YoY in India
Mumbai, 14th April: While cases of gold smuggling in India have jumped 265% from 40 in 2012-13 to 146 in 2013-14, the number of people arrested has shot up by 750%, from 30 in 2012-13 to 255 in 2013-14, data from the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence shows, according to a report published in Mineweb. “Gold imports through the legal channel have
Chow Tai Fook Among Top 10 Luxury Goods Cos.
Hong Kong: Hong Kong-based Chow Tai Fook Jewellery Group Ltd is still among the world’s top 10 luxury goods companies, earning US$8.29 billion in revenues in financial year 2014, data from the 2016 Global Powers of Luxury Goods report showed. The report, released by global business consultancy firm Deloitte, examined the 100 largest luxury goods companies globally based on the
Russia Overtakes Botswana as Rough Producer
Moscow: Russia extended its lead over Botswana as the world’s largest rough diamond producer, according to data released by the Kimberley Process (KP). Russia’s output leaped 9.4 percent to 41.9 million carats worth $4.24 billion last year while that of Botswana eased 16 percent to 20.8 million carats valued at to $2.99 billion. Diamonds from the southern African nation recorded
“HRD Antwerp Certified" Flagship Store in Paris
Paris: In the presence of the Belgian Ambassador in France, H.E. Vincent Mertens de Wilmars and Peter Macken, CEO HRD Antwerp, HRD Antwerp’s first flagship store was inaugurated on 23 June 2016 in Paris. An exclusive partnership between HRD Antwerp, Europe’s leading authority in diamond certification and selected retailers. The “flagship” designation is liberally applied to stores in prestigious locations,
Poor Pay in India’s Gem Trade: ASSOCHAM
New Delhi: Salaries in India’s gem and jewellery sector are half of those in other industries, according to a report that highlights a labor shortage driven by rock-bottom pay and dangerous working conditions. Workers in the industry earn an average of $3,740 (INR 252,000) per year, according to a study by the Associated Chambers of Commerce & Industry of India
