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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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Forevermark Diamond Jewellery Enters Pune with Its First Boutique
Pune: Forevermark Diamond Jewellery from De Beers Group has entered Pune with the opening of its first boutique at Phoenix Avenue of Stars. Inaugurated by filmstar Amruta Khanvilkar, the new boutique brings Forevermark Diamond Jewellery’s world of natural diamonds, distinctive design and craftsmanship to the city’s evolving fine jewellery landscape. With a discerning and increasingly design-conscious consumer base, Pune represents
beYon Opened its First Exclusive Store in Bengaluru
Bengaluru: beYon from the House of Titan has opened its first exclusive store in Bengaluru, located in the vibrant neighborhood of Whitefield. Marking the brand’s seventh store nationwide, the launch serves as a special homecoming, bringing beYon’s contemporary approach to laboratory-grown diamonds directly to Titan’s home city. With consumers increasingly embracing laboratory-grown diamonds, the area’s emergence as a vibrant cosmopolitan
Exceptional Platinum Jewelry Designs Win AGTA Spectrum Awards Competition
Mumbai: Platinum Guild International (PGI), in partnership with the American Gem Trade Association (AGTA), has announced the Platinum Honors winners of the 2026 AGTA Spectrum Awards. More than 60 platinum jewelry entries were submitted to the Platinum Honors category, which recognizes outstanding uses of platinum in colored gemstone and natural or cultured pearl jewelry across multiple categories, from Evening Wear
Global Certificate in LGD Technology Launched
Mumbai: The Indian Institute of Gems & Jewellery (IIGJ) and the India Centre for Lab Grown Diamonds (InCent LGD) at IIT Madras have commenced the first batch of their Global Certificate in Lab Grown Diamond Technology, with 23 participants. Classes began on 21 October 2026, following a virtual inauguration on 19 October. The inaugural batch includes entrepreneurs, manufacturers, representatives of
Will De Beers Develop Diamond Hub in Namibia?
Windhoek: A report that was commissioned by the Namibian government stated that it does not make economic sense for De Beers to set up another diamond hub in Namibia similar to the one recently established in Botswana. Namibia was currently negotiating with the diamond giant to sell a certain percentage of gems mined in the country outside of the group’s
WTOCD Grants License for Its Polishing Machine
Antwerp: After several positive polishing tests made on industrial super hard materials (PCD, CVD, MCD, pcBN) Coborn Engineering Ltd decided to acquire a license for WTOCDs’ patented grain independent polishing technology. That license will extend existing technological cooperation between WTOCD and Coborn with the machining of diamonds materials for industrial applications. The exclusive license will be granted as of January
Gem-A Releases The Latest Journal Of Gemmology
London: The Gemmological Association of Great Britain (Gem-A) has released the latest issue of its academic publication, The Journal of Gemmology, in collaboration with the Swiss Gemmological Institute SSEF and with the support of the American Gemological Laboratories (AGL) and the Gem and Jewelry Institute of Thailand (GIT). The current issue (Vol. 34, No. 3, 2014), released on 19 October
Varuna D Jani’s MAMI Trophy Rises Like Pheonix
Mumbai: The 16th edition of the Mumbai film festival organized by the Mumbai Academy of Moving Image (MAMI) will have a sparkling touch this year. The renowned jewellery designer and adornologist Varuna D Jani has graciously volunteered to design and craft the 15 coveted award trophies for the ongoing MAMI festival at PVR Cinemas in Andheri, Cinemax, Versova and Chandan
