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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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Candere Announces Smriti Mandhana as its New Brand Ambassador
Mumbai: Candere, the lifestyle jewellery brand from the House of Kalyan Jewellers, has announced celebrated Indian cricketer Smriti Mandhana as its new brand ambassador. Joining Shahrukh Khan as the face of the brand, Smriti’s association marks a significant step in Candere’s journey to strengthen its connect with young, modern Indian consumers. One of India’s most accomplished cricketers, Smriti has built
GJEPC Urges RBI to Ease Banking Norms to Boost G&J Exports
Mumbai: India’s Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC) has urged the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to introduce a series of banking and regulatory reforms to strengthen the competitiveness of India’s gem and jewellery (G&J) exports. The Council’s recommendations focus on improving exporters’ access to working capital, reducing compliance bottlenecks, streamlining banking procedures and creating a more facilitative regulatory
GJEPC Highlights Key Policy Priorities at Meeting with CIM
New Delhi: India’s Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC) highlighted the industry’s key policy priorities during a meeting chaired by Mr. Piyush Goyal, the Union Minister of Commerce & Industry, with Export Promotion Councils (EPCs) and industry associations in New Delhi on 24 June to review the Export Promotion Mission (EPM). Ashish Borda, Convenor – PMBD, GJEPC, and Sabyasachi
Thangamayil Jewellery, Receives IAGES Accreditation
Madurai: Gold buyers in Tamil Nadu can now purchase their favourite precious metal with complete trust and transparency from Thangamayil Jewellery Limited (TMJL), one of the most recognized chain of jewellery stores in the state. TMJL has officially received its IAGES accreditation, further cementing its commitment to serve its consumers in the most ethical, responsible and sustainable manner. The Indian
RBI Keeps Main Interest Rate Unchanged
New Delhi: Despite the possibility of growth being impacted due to the crippling cash crunch since the currency ban, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) left the key repo rate unchanged yesterday at 6.25 per cent, to keep inflation in check. The repo rate is the interest rate at which the RBI lends to banks. Most analysts expected a rate
India’s Diamond Market to be 3rd Largest by 2020
Mumbai: Driving by the booming millennials, the country is on course to become the third largest diamond market by 2020 overtaking Europe and Japan, says a report. Currently, the largest markets for this metal is China, the US, Europe and Japan, and India, and the first two are set to remain so, says a Bain & Company report. “We believe
IIDGR in Surat Upgraded with $5 Million
Surat: Global diamond mining and trading major, De Beers Group on Tuesday unveiled its newly expanded diamond grading and testing centre, the International Institute of Diamond Grading & Research (IIDGR), in Surat at an investment of $5 million (approximately Rs. 34 crore), taking the group’s total investment in Surat to $15 million so far. The facility, employing about 100, has
Indian Jewellers Urged to Go Cashless
Mumbai: All India Gems & Jewellery Trade Federation (GJF) has urged the entire gems & jewellery trade to go cashless in sync with the Honourable Prime Minister’s vision of Digital India and also to support the Government’s demonetization initiative to create a compliant, cashless and corruption-free economy. The biggest economic reform in independent India is a revolutionary measure to encourage
