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Why Did Gold & Silver Break Down Just as Fed Hike Bets Faded
Macro Snapshot: The rate backdrop eased during the week ending 23 October, which makes the metals’ slide harder to explain. CME FedWatch odds of a hike at the 27 to 28 October FOMC meeting had settled near one in three on 14 October, after the 3.7% September CPI print, and stood at 9.4% by 23 October. December hike odds slipped from about 90% to close to 80%. The 10-year Treasury yield closed at 5.00% against 5.09% a week earlier, and
Why Did Gold & Silver Break Down Just as Fed Hike Bets Faded
Macro Snapshot: The rate backdrop eased during the week ending 23 October, which makes the metals’ slide harder to explain. CME FedWatch odds of a hike at the 27 to 28 October FOMC meeting had settled near one in three on 14 October, after the 3.7% September CPI print, and stood at 9.4% by 23 October. December hike odds slipped from about 90% to close to 80%. The 10-year Treasury yield closed at 5.00% against 5.09% a week earlier, and
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Platinum Love Bands Partnership with Grazia
Mumbai: With the onset of the summer wedding season, Platinum Love Bands continues to champion its strategic content and influencer strategy, bringing alive its campaign idea of what it takes to #CommitToLove. In a holistic content partnership with the country’s leading lifestyle publisher, Grazia, Platinum Love Bands aims to amplify the brand’s progressive stance on love via influencers that are relevant
Vummidi Bangaru Jewellers Receives Award
Chennai: Vummidi Bangaru Jewellers (VBJ), a renowned heritage brand from Chennai, has achieved a remarkable feat by winning India’s first JCK Jewellers’ Choice Award in the platinum category. The JCK Jeweller’s Choice award, popularly considered as the Oscars of the Jewellery industry witnessed history being made with VBJ’s platinum Infiniti collection securing first place, in the Platinum Jewellery category for
Sarine Announces Merger of GCAL
Ramat Gan: Sarine Technologies Ltd has announce the closing of the acquisition agreement between Sarine and the Gem Certification & Assurance Lab, Inc (GCAL).The merger creates a robust synergy between Sarine’s leading technologies, and in particular its revolutionary AI-derived cloud-based on-site e-Grading™ system and verifiable data based Sarine Journey™ traceability paradigm, and GCAL’s strong brand in the US market and
GJEPC Launches First-of-its-Kind IJEX
Dubai: India and the United Arab Emirates celebrated the first anniversary of the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA). Commemorating the 1st year of India-UAE CEPA, apex trade body Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC) launched the first-of-its-kind India Jewellery Exposition Centre (IJEX), the 365-day exhibition platform in Dubai. His Excellency Mr. Juma Al Kait said, “Today as we celebrate
Putin Invited to Visit Surat
Surat: Surat mayor Niranjan Jajmera and the South Gujarat Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SGCCI) president, Mahendra Katargamwala, have formally invited Russian President Vladimir Putin to visit the diamond city during his India tour in December. Formal invites on behalf of the mayor and the SGCCI have been sent through the office of the Russian Ambassador in India, official sources
TanzaniteOne Q3 Output Dips
Dar Es Salaam: Richland’s partly-owned TanzaniteOne Mining Limited (TML) said it produced 622,551 carats of tanzanite during the third quarter of 2014 down from 810,347 carats recorded a year earlier. The company said in a statement that it achieved an average grade of 110 carats per tonne up from 108 carats realised during the second quarter of 2013. It said
Gemfields Uncovers 40.23-Ct Ruby
Maputo: Gemstone miner Gemfields has discovered a 40.23-carat ruby Mozambique that the firm says it believes to be one of the most important rubies unearthed in recent times. “The gemstone will set a new benchmark for the quality of African rubies and endorses the Montepuez deposit in Mozambique as the world’s most significant deposit presently in development,” the company said
EGL USA Launching Diamond Trading Service
New York: Stung by RapNet’s decision to ban all EGL labs from its network, EGL USA is launching a rival online trading platform. The network, still in the testing phase, will list “stones from EGL USA as well as other top-tier well-respected labs,” says a spokeswoman. A statement said that the free-of-charge platform is meant for lab clients “displaced by
