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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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GJEPC Participates in Haryana Workshop on Leveraging FTAs for Export Growth
Gurugram: India’s Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC) facilitated the participation of a delegation of its member exporters in the State-Level Workshop on ‘Leveraging Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) – Outreach Programme’, organized by the Directorate of MSME, Government of Haryana, at the Grand Hyatt, Gurugram, on 3 November 2026. The workshop, held under the theme ‘Translating India’s Free Trade
IAGES New Film Moves ‘PehlaCheckIAGES’ from Awareness to Habit
Mumbai: The Indian Association for Gold Excellence and Standards (IAGES) is empowering gold buyers this festive season to make informed purchases by amplifying awareness about its #PehlaCheckIAGES campaign through engaging ad film created to build assurance and trust among buyers. Since its launch in December 2025, the ‘Before you buy Gold, #PehlaCheckIAGES’ campaign has urged consumers through diverse outdoor advertising
Divine Solitaires Announces Special Festive Offers
Mumbai: Divine Solitaires, India’s leading natural diamond solitaires brand, is offering special Dhanteras benefits on its Diamond Coins from 26 October to 6 November 2026. The offer includes an assured gift with every eligible purchase, a lucky draw with 100% cashback vouchers for 10 customers, and price protection. Dhanteras is considered an auspicious occasion to welcome prosperity and good fortune,
HRD Antwerp Opens New Office & Lab in Dubai
Dubai: HRD Antwerp, Europe’s leading authority in diamond and jewellery grading and a subsidiary of the Antwerp World Diamond Centre (AWDC), has officially opened its new office and laboratory in Almas Tower, Jumeirah Lakes Towers,Dubai. The opening took place in the presence of H.E. Mr Rik Van Droogenbroeck, Ambassador of Belgium to the United Arab Emirates, and HRD Antwerp’s executive
Zimbabwe Diamond Conference to Discuss Challenges
Harare: The Second Zimbabwe Diamond Conference, to be held November 6-7, will feature three panel discussions featuring different aspects of the challenges facing the Zimbabwean diamond industry, as well as the wider global diamond trade. The seminar sessions will each feature experts in the area of discussion and aim to stimulate a wide-ranging debate among the African and global diamond
Zimbabwe Govt. Demands Diamond Dividends
Harare: The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe has ordered banks to deduct 15 percent special dividends from gross diamond sales, backdated to April this year in line with provisions of the 2014 Finance Act, but diamond miners have raised alarm, reports allafrica.com. The Act signed into law in April had not been enforced since yet. The diamond producers said they will
Rio Tinto’s Q3 Diamond Production Down 15%
Perth: In its 2014 third quarter ‘production report’, Rio Tinto has declared a 15% decrease in diamond production of 3549000 carats for Q3-2014 as against 4158000 carats for the same period in 2013. All the three mines, Argyle (2455000 carats), Diavik (1004000 carats) and Murowa (90000 carats) are now in production and contributed towards Rio Tinto’s diamond total output for
Dubai's Challenge to Antwerp
Dubai: Dubai’s banks are extending loans to the local diamond industry, boosting the emirate’s ambitions of becoming a top trading hub as funding to rival Antwerp dries up, reports Bloomberg. Emirates NBD PJSC. (EMIRATES), Mashreqbank PSC. (MASQ), and National Bank of Fujairah PJSC., are financing diamond cutters, polishers and traders operating on the Dubai Diamond Exchange for the first time,
