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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Artisan Awards 2024 on 12-13 Feb

Mumbai: Come and fall in love with Design once again this Valentine’s Day! The Year’s biggest Wearable Artworks & Crafts Design Fest will be celebrated at The Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council’s Artisan Design Jewellery Awards 2024 on 12-13 February at the Ice Factory, Ballard Estate in South Mumbai. Among many design themes, ‘Jewellery as Art’ will take centre-stage

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GJEPC Welcomes Interim Budget

New Delhi: India’s Finance Minister (FM) Ms. Nirmala Sitharaman yesterday presented Union Budget 2024 in Parliament. This is an interim budget as it came just ahead of the General Elections. No changes were announced in the tax slabs in both old and new regime. This was Nirmala Sitharaman’s sixth Union Budget. The full-fledged budget will be presented by the new government that

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India’s Gold Demand in 2023 Declined by 3%

Mumbai: The World Gold Council’s (WGC) Gold Demand Trends report reveals that annual gold demand (excluding OTC) fell to 4,448t in 2023, down just 5% from a notably strong 2022. When factoring in demand from the OTC markets and other sources, total demand climbed to a new annual record at 4,899t. Investment from this more opaque source of demand supported

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GJC Seeks Customs Duty Reduction in Budget

Mumbai: All India Gem & Jewellery Domestic Council (GJC), a national apex body for the gems & jewellery industry, has urged the Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to withdraw the Basic Customs Duty on gold and also GST on the gems & jewellery industry. In the pre-budget recommendation 2024-25, the apex body has submitted an exhaustive list of recommendations for

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4th Bharat Diamond Week from 6th April

Mumbai: The fourth edition of the Bharat Diamond Week, popularly known as BDW will be held between 6th to 8th April, 2023 at the sprawling Bharat Diamond Bourse (BDB) Complex Mumbai. After a hiatus due to travel restrictions and other factors affecting free trade, Bharat Diamond Bourse decided to open this important “ONLY DIAMOND” show this year promising over 125

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Interpol Withdraws Red Notice Against Mehul Choksi

London: The removal of fugitive diamantaire Mehul Choksi’s name from the Interpol database of Red Notices has drawn condemnation from the Opposition parties in India, while the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has sought the restoration of the notice. Mehul Choksi is the owner of Gitanjali Group, a jewellery firm with 4,000 stores in India. He, along with his nephew

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IDMA's 40th Congress to kick off on March 28

Antwerp: The International Diamond Manufacturers Association (IDMA) will kick off its 40th Congress with a “Conversations with Industry Leaders” happening on the afternoon of March 28 at the D-Mall, adjacent to the Maccabi Building of the Israel Diamond Exchange complex. The panel discussion sessions will run from 13:00 to 17:00 hours on March 28. They will include conversations about the

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DMIA Held its First ‘Meet & Greet'

New York: The Diamond Manufacturers and Importers Association of America (DMIA) held its first annual member “meet-and-greet-and inform” cocktail reception on Wednesday, March 15, 2023. A well-attended DMIA membership meeting followed the reception. DMIA had invited representatives of GIA (the Gemological Institute of America), the Natural Diamond Council (NDC), the International Gemological Institute (IGI), De Beers, and the U.S. Department

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