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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Reena Ahluwalia Releases ‘Diamond Trails’

Mumbai: Five Diamond Stories by Five Writers. Five Diamond Paintings by Artist Reena Ahluwalia. Five Ways to Make an Impact. Globally acclaimed jewelry designer and artist, Reena Ahluwalia has released Diamond Trails, a ground-breaking diamond project at the IIJS Signature Show in Mumbai. The project is hosted and championed by GJEPC in India. Diamond Trails is a trailblazing art project

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17th Edition of IIJS Signature Inaugurated

Mumbai: Mr. Mangal Prabhat Lodha, Minister of Skill Development, Employment, Entrepreneurship & Innovation, Govt. of Maharashtra, inaugurated the 17th edition India International Jewellery Show (IIJS) Signature organized by India’s apex trade body, Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC). The inauguration ceremony was also graced by the presence of several esteemed dignitaries, including Guest of Honour Mr. Saurabh Gadgil, Managing Director

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Rajesh Rokde Elected as New Chairman of GJC

Mumbai: Mr. Rajesh Rokde has been elected as the new Chairman and Mr. Avinash Gupta the new Vice Chairman of the All India Gem & Jewellery Domestic Council (GJC), the apex body representing the Indian gem and jewellery industry. This was announced during the council’s first Board Meeting of the COA 2025 – 26 post completion of their COA elections

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Industry Leaders Expect Promising 2025

Mumbai: India’s Gems and Jewellery industry (GJ) experienced significant developments in 2024, navigating market dynamics and emerging stronger by the year-end. As the year concluded we have received feedbacks from some of the industry leaders about the industry’s performance in 2024 and its outlook of the 2025. Mr. Saiyam Mehra (Chairman of the All India Gem and Jewellery Domestic Council,

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De Beers Aggressively Hikes Diamond Prices

Gaborone: De Beers pushed through one of its most aggressive diamond price increases in recent years as the world’s biggest producer of the stones cashes in on a buying frenzy for uncut gems, reports aljazeera.com. De Beers raised prices by about 8% at its first sale of the year, according to people familiar with the situation who asked not to

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GJEPC Launches India Jewellery Park Mumbai

Mumbai: India’s Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC) has announced launch of India Jewellery Park Mumbai (IJPM). An Iconic, State-of-the-Art Architecture, IJPM is envisaged to house more than 1,000 Gems and Jewellery units on a sprawling 21.3-acre plot of land in Mahape, Navi Mumbai. IPJPM would also be a welcome change for local handmade jewellery workers and factories in

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Framework for Operationalizing Gold Exchange

Mumbai: The Securities & Exchange Board of India (SEBI) in its meeting held on September 28, 2021 approved the framework for Gold Exchange and SEBI (Vault Managers) Regulations, 2021. Government of India vide Gazette notification S.O. 5401 (E) dated December 24, 2021, has declared “electronic gold receipts” as ‘securities’ under Section 2(h)(iia) of the Securities Contracts (Regulation) Act 1956, and vide

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1 Cr. Jewellery Pieces Hallmarked with HUID in Dec

Mumbai: Numbers say it all. The industry has welcomed and adapted mandatory gold jewellery hallmarking wholeheartedly. There has been consistent progress in hallmarking since the Government of India made gold jewellery hallmarking mandatory in mid-June 2021. There have been major advances in every aspect of hallmarking. About 1 crore pieces are hallmarked with HUID last month. Consumers through BIS Care app, can view

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