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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
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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PGI Highlights Platinum’s Bright Opportunity in Jewellery
London: Platinum Guild International (PGI) successfully hosted the 2025 Platinum Jewellery Business Review (PJBR) event in London on 21st May 2025, themed “Platinum Jewellery – Ready to Shine in a New Era of Demand”. The event brought together platinum producers, industry experts and leaders, investors and analysts to explore new opportunities for platinum in the jewellery sector. Tim Schlick, CEO
AWDC Takes Leading Role in Global Campaign for Natural Diamond
Antwerp: On June 18, the Chairman of the Antwerp World Diamond Centre (AWDC), Isidore Mörsel, will represent the Antwerp diamond sector at a ministerial meeting in Luanda, Angola. The summit will be fully dedicated to broad-based generic marketing to promote natural diamond worldwide. AWDC has played a central role in successfully uniting all players in the diamond value chain behind
14th Edition of NJA ’25 Announced
Mumbai The All India Gem & Jewellery Domestic Council (GJC) has announced the 14th Edition of WGC presents National Jewellery Awards (NJA’25). Organized by GJC, NJA recognizes and honours outstanding talent in the jewellery sector, celebrating excellence, creativity, craftsmanship, and innovation while shaping the industry’s future. NJA is known for its unbiased and relentless efforts for the welfare of the
GJEPC Road Show Strengthens Outreach in Vietnam
Mumbai: In a bid to boost bilateral cooperation, India’s Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC) held a series of constructive meetings with key stakeholders from Vietnam’s gemstone and investment sectors. A key meeting was held with Mr. K.S. Ngo The Hoc, Vice President and General Secretary of the Vietnam Association of Gemstones (VAG), accompanied by representatives from seven member
Viewing of 122.52-Ct Blue Diamond to Start Soon
Johannesburg: Petra Diamonds will shortly start the viewing process for the sale of the exceptional 122.52-carat blue diamond that it recovered in June at the Cullinan mine in South Africa. The viewing process will open on Monday, August 18, and will close on Friday, September 12, when offers from prospective buyers are to be submitted. Appointments to view the stone
Rio Tinto Showcases Rare Red & Pink Diamonds
Perth: Rio Tinto’s iconic Argyle Pink Diamonds Tender has been unveiled during a world exclusive preview in Sydney, with the 2014 collection boasting a record four rare Fancy Red diamonds. Celebrating the 30th anniversary of the world’s most anticipated diamond sale, the 2014 Argyle Pink Diamonds Tender collection comprises 55 diamonds, including 51 pink and purplish red diamonds and four
NY DDC Opens India Diamond Week
New York: The Diamond Dealers Club (DDC) of New York, in conjunction with the Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC), greeted yesterday close to 100 exhibitors at its first India Diamond Week on the DDC’s trading floor in Manhattan. DDC’s president, Reuven Kaufman, is creating a renaissance of the diamond trading floors by welcoming diamantaires from India, the manufacturing
Global & Indian Firms Interested in Surat Bourse
Surat: Diamond companies from Belgium, Dubai, Israel and Hong Kong are interested in joining the proposed Surat diamond exchange and have applied for membership, according to Dinesh Navadiya, president of the Surat Diamond Association (SDA), reports The Economic Times. The proposed exchange, is likely to be almost as large as Mumbai’s Bharat Diamond Bourse (BDB), and the government is in
