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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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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G&J Industry Welcomes the Union Budget

Mumbai: India’s Finance Minister Ms. Nirmala Sitharaman presented the Union Budget for the year 2025-26 in Lok Sabha yesterday which was wholeheartedly welcomed by the Gems & Jewellery industry of the country. Here are the feedbacks received by some industry leaders: Mr. Vipul Shah, Chairman of GJEPC: “Union Budget puts India in the growth path to Viksit Bharat. The Budget

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Kirit Bhansali Presses Challenges Facing NDs

Doha: Mr. Kirit Bhansali, Vice Chairman, GJEPC, delivered a keynote speech at the inaugural session of the Doha International Diamond & Gem Conference, addressing industry leaders and stakeholders. He outlined the pressing challenges facing the natural diamonds (NDs) industry and proposed strategic solutions to ensure its sustainable growth. Highlighting key global concerns, Mr. Bhansali noted:• Declining demand in China, a

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Trading of LGDs through Augmont’s Spot Platform

Mumbai: Augmont, India’s largest gold trading platform announced that it has added Lab Grown Diamonds (LGD) to its existing online SPOT trading platform for precious metals catering to more than 5,000 jewellers across the country.  The enhanced SPOT 2.0 platform brings Augmont’s 17 years of precious metals trading expertise to the growing LGD sector. This addition represents an evolution of diamond trading infrastructure,

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GJEPC Presented Artisan Awards ’25

Mumbai: The much-anticipated Artisan Awards 2025 concluded on a grand note, with Princess Gauravi Kumari of Jaipur gracing the occasion as the esteemed chief guest. Known for her patronage of art and culture, Princess Gauravi presented the awards to the winners, lauding their ingenuity and dedication to preserving Indian craftsmanship and design. The 8th edition of The Artisan Awards, was

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India to Introduce Third Tranche of SGB Soon

New Delhi: Having raised nearly Rs 1,050 crore in the first two tranches, the government will “shortly” issue the third tranche of sovereign gold bond (SGB) for the fiscal, Economic Affairs Secretary Shaktikanta Das said Thursday. “It will come very shortly. I can’t say the exact time as then there will be speculations on gold prices,” Das said. The government

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Forevermark Enters Thailand, Hungary & S. Korea

Gaborone: The De Beers Group of Companies announces that Forevermark has recently launched in Hungary, Thailand and South Korea. It is now available in more than 1,700 outlets in 38 consumer markets. Forevermark launched in Hungary with R-A Diamonds, a leading distributor and wholesaler for fine diamond jewellery and loose diamonds. R-A Diamonds has selected an initial eight independent retailers

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More Incentives for Gold Schemes in India

New Delhi: In order to further incentivise the Gold Schemes introduced by the government earlier, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, as part of his budget announcements, announced the waiver of various taxes relating to the Sovereign Gold Bond Scheme and the Gold Monetization Scheme, 2015. For one, the redemption of bonds procured under the Sovereign Gold Bond scheme by an individual

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CIBJO Seminar on Coral and Pearl Sectors

Hong Kong: The implementation of environmentally sound practices in both the coral harvesting and pearl farming sectors came under the spotlight today at the Hong Kong International Diamond, Gem & Show, with the discussion focusing not only the means to protect the fragile marine ecosystem, but also the need to present the members of the industry as responsible corporate citizens.

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