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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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Seventh Cycle of De Beers Fetches $638 mln.
Gaborone: De Beers raked in $630 million from the seventh rough diamond sales cycle of 2022 compared to $522 million, a year earlier or $638 million during the sixth sales cycle of the year. Group chief executive Bruce Cleaver said rough diamond sales continued at a steady level in the seventh sales cycle of 2022. “In line with normal seasonal
Vipul Shah Elected Chairman, Kirit Bhansali VC of GJEPC
Mumbai: Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC), the apex body of the gem & jewellery trade in India, announced the Election Results of the new GJEPC board members for the tenure of 2022-2024 on 30th August 2022. Mr. Vipul Shah, the Vice Chairman of GJEPC for the tenure 2020-22, took charge as the Chairman of GJEPC for the tenure
Alrosa Sells $250m Rough a Month, Despite Sanctions
Moscow: Alrosa is reportedly selling over $250m of diamonds a month, despite sanctions imposed after Russia invaded Ukraine. Sales have resumed, says Bloomberg News, primarily to India, where banks have become more comfortable with transactions in rupees and in currencies other than US dollars, which have been outlawed. Alrosa, the state-controlled miner, is now said to be selling at levels
PGI Expects 50% Growth Rate in India: Pallavi Sharma
Mumbai: Ms. Pallavi Sharma, the visionary Business Director of Platinum Guild International, India (PGI) recently spared some time from her busy schedules to talk to gems2jewellery.com (G2J) about the platinum jewellery growth and PGI’s future business strategy in India. Ansering a query by gems2jewellery.com, Ms. Sharma said, “Within the cluttered jewellery market in the country, PGI has successfully created an incremental
Botswana President to Headline WFDB Meeting
New York: The World Federation of Diamond Bourses (WFDB) Presidents’ Meeting, June 10–11 in New York, will feature an illustrious list of speakers, led by Botswana President Duma Boko and U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick and including Angolan Minister of Mineral Resources, Petroleum, and Gas Diamantino Azevedo and Botswana Minister of Minerals and Energy Bogolo Kenewendo. The meeting, which
Platinum Love Bands Unveils ‘Wedding Edition’
Mumbai: As the summer wedding season reaches its vibrant peak, Platinum Love Bands unveils ‘The Wedding Edition’, a thoughtfully curated collection of couple bands designed to mark a once-in-a-lifetime love story. Rooted in the insight that real commitment comes from emotional clarity, these platinum bands are more than symbols — they are promises. Crafted in 95% pure platinum – Platinum
Civil Society Questions the “Breakthrough”
Dubai: The Kimberley Process Civil Society Coalition (KP CSC) attended the Kimberley Process (KP) intersessional meeting in Dubai from 12–16 May. Statements made at the close of the meeting declared a breakthrough in the long-standing debate over revising the KP’s notoriously narrow definition of conflict diamonds. From the KP CSC’s perspective, it is unclear where such a breakthrough occurred—unless the
Gemfields Showcases 36 Ct. Ruby at June 2025 Auction
London: Gemfields will offer a broader range of secondary-type material at its forthcoming mixed-quality ruby auction in June 2025. The auction will include rubies recovered from a newer section of its Mozambican mine that has not previously been represented at auction in meaningful quantities and with a notable 36-carat ruby forming part of the offering. The gems, from the newer
