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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Lightbox Drastically Reduces Prices of its LGDs

London: De Beers Group’s wholly-owned lab-grown diamond jewellery brand, Lightbox Jewelry, yesterday announced a permanent price reduction to as low as $500 per carat, from a previous price of $800 per carat, for the brand’s Standard range of lab-grown diamonds (LGDs).   The price reduction follows months of testing lower prices and researching the lab-grown diamond jewellery sector. The brand will

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WDC Calls to Enhance Transparency

Dubai: With 2024 being declared the “Year of Delivery” by the Chair of the Kimberley Process (KP), World Diamond Council (WDC) President Feriel Zerouki reminded delegates of the KP Intersessional meeting in Dubai that Participants can choose to apply best practice over and above the minimum requirements of the KP, in this instance, listing the countries of mining origin on

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Platinum Jewellery for Akshay Tritiya this Year

Mumbai: Celebrated as one of the most auspicious occasions in Hindu culture, Akshay Tritiya marks a day of new beginnings, prosperity, and good fortune. It symbolizes the onset of new endeavours, prosperity and unending blessings. This year, the festival will be celebrated on May 10th2024. As the celebrations around Akshay Tritiya evolve, the significance of purchasing ‘true white’ continues to hold great

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Best Diamond Moments from 2024 Met Gala

Mumbai: As the first Monday in May approached, the highly anticipated 2024 Met Gala finally arrived; A-list celebrities gathered for the pinnacle of fashion and elegance, strutting down the -this time- green carpet, adorned with the most exquisite natural-diamond jewellery. With each step up the grand staircase of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, they redefined glamour and sophistication, making this

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Dubai Diamond Conference-15 to put ‘Africa First’

Dubai: The Dubai Diamond Conference 2015, slated for April 21-22 in Dubai will witness ministers and officials from Africa play a crucial part in discussions this year. The event, organized by the Dubai Diamond Exchange (DDE) and the Dubai Multi Commodities Centre (DMCC), will also bring together delegates and keynote speakers from the Middle East and Asia, heads of global

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Silver Prices May Fall again in 2015

London: The per-ounce price of silver is expected to decrease this year as the dollar continues to strengthen and investments move out of the commodities sector. However, the metal could end the year on a strong note, according to the National Jeweler. In an email to the news portal, London-based analyst Andrew Leyland, manager of precious metals demand at Thomson

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De Beers Begins New Sightholder Contracts

Gaborone: The De Beers Group of Companies today began its 2015-2018 Global Sightholder Sales (GSS) contract period. In addition to the 84 Sightholders, the company also added two companies to its newest client category, the Accredited Buyers, reports idexonline. While Sightholders qualify for term contract supply (provided via the Intention to Offer or ITO planning process), Accredited Buyers can purchase

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Grading Standards on Focus at CIBJO Congress

Milan: Representatives of leading gem laboratories will join diamond, gemstone and jewellery industry leaders in Salvador, Brazil, on May 6, for a special conference on the first day of the 2015 CIBJO Congress, which will focus specifically on the standards and practices used by grading laboratories in the industry, and the quality of the grading reports they produce. More specifically

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