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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HDFC Bank Carries Out 1st Gold Forward Deal from GIFT City

Mumbai: HDFC, India’s private sector bank, has become the first domestic bank to execute a gold forward deal from GIFT City (Gujarat International Finance Tec-City.) The deal was executed by HDFC BANK GIFT City IBU in collaboration with Hindustan Platinum Pvt. Ltd., a global refiner and manufacturer of high purity precious metal products and industrial services. Regulators have enabled onshore

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Gem-A Launches ’24 Issue of The Journal of Gemmology

London: The Gemmological Association of Great Britain (Gem-A) has launched the latest issue of its academic publication, The Journal of Gemmology (Volume 39, No. 4, 2024). Released digitally on December 13, this issue contains news and research from the international gemmological community, including an article dedicated to emeralds from Musakashi in the Solwezi District of Zambia. These emeralds may exhibit similarities to

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Celebrate Season of Commitment with Platinum Love Bands 

Mumbai: The crisp winter air buzzes with romance, setting the stage for couples to celebrate their unique commitments. As wedding bells chime and anniversary plans take shape, it’s clear that love, in all its forms, is in the air. Couples now revel in a love that’s completely unscripted, welcoming each other’s quirks and faults. Together, they move past doubts and

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Gemfields’ Rubies Hit Record High Price

London: Gemfields achieved a record high price of $322 per carat at its latest series of mixed-quality rough ruby auctions. The UK-based gemstone miner said the auction represented a “positive outcome under the current market conditions”, despite ongoing economic challenges in China and geopolitical turbulence. It said the civil unrest in Mozambique, where its Montepuez mine is located, had not affected

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Zim Orders Diamond Miners to Halt Operations

Harare: At a press conference earlier yesterday, the government of Zimbabwe has given all diamond mining companies in Marange a 90-day ultimatum to remove equipment after ordering them to halt operations with immediate effect for rejecting a proposal to consolidate the sector, Mines Minister Walter Chidhakwa said after announcing that their licences had also expired. The consolidation saga started last

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IIDGR to Launch Grading Service in New Markets

Gaborone: The De Beers Group of Companies yesterday announced that its International Institute of Diamond Grading & Research (IIDGR) has launched its grading service in the Far East, Middle East, India and Europe. Following an initial pilot testing of the service in the Far East, IIDGR will now also provide a grading service from each of its laboratories in Belgium,

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Gemfields Revenue Goes -9% in H2 2015

London: Emerald and ruby miner Gemfields plc has announced its results for the second half of 2015, which showed that revenue dropped 9 percent over the same period in 2014. The company’s revenue dipped to $94 million in the six month period ended December 31, 2015 compared to $103.4 million over the same period a year prior. EBIDTA fell from

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Gold Spot Exchange in India is Viable: IGPC

Ahmedabad: India Gold Policy Centre (IGPC) at Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIMA) released a study on the viability of a Gold Spot Exchange in India by Prof. Joshy Jacob and Prof. Jayanth R. Varma of IIMA. One of the key findings is that a Gold Spot Exchange is eminently viable and would lead to efficient price discovery, assurance in

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