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Despite Collapsing Hike Odds, Rising Yields Kept Indian Gold, Silver Below Their Floors
Snap Shot: Most of the damage in the week ending 2 October landed before the good news arrived, and the good news then failed to repair it. August core PCE inflation, released on 30 September, rose 3.0% from a year earlier against expectations of 3.3%, helped partly by methodology changes at the Bureau of Economic Analysis. September payrolls on 2 October then added just 29,000 jobs against forecasts near 90,000, with unemployment at 4.2% and August revised down to 133,000
Despite Collapsing Hike Odds, Rising Yields Kept Indian Gold, Silver Below Their Floors
Snap Shot: Most of the damage in the week ending 2 October landed before the good news arrived, and the good news then failed to repair it. August core PCE inflation, released on 30 September, rose 3.0% from a year earlier against expectations of 3.3%, helped partly by methodology changes at the Bureau of Economic Analysis. September payrolls on 2 October then added just 29,000 jobs against forecasts near 90,000, with unemployment at 4.2% and August revised down to 133,000
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Sky Gold & Diamonds Delivers Robust FY26 Performance
Mumbai: Sky Gold & Diamonds, a leading gold manufacturing company and a key partner to retail chains such as Tanishq, Kalyan Jewellers, and Malabar Gold & Diamonds, has declared its Q4 & FY26 Results. The company has reported a robust FY26 performance with consolidated revenue rising 77.4% YoY to ₹6,295 crore and PAT increasing 112.4% YoY to ₹282 crore, supported by strong execution, improving margins and operational
JewelStart Industry Innovation Challenge 2026 Launched
Mumbai: India’s Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC), in collaboration with SINE, IIT Bombay, has launched the first edition of the JewelStart Industry Innovation Challenge 2026, a national platform aimed at bringing startup-led innovation into India’s gems and jewellery sector. The challenge invites startups, innovators and technology solution providers to address pressing industry needs across the jewellery value chain,
CIBJO Warns Against ‘Fraudulent Representatives’
Milan: The World Jewellery Confederation (CIBJO) is issuing an urgent warning about individuals claiming to represent CIBJO or bodies directly affiliated with CIBJO, offering products and/or financial instruments endorsed by CIBJO. The existence of such claims was brought to CIBJO’s attention yesterday, May 24, 2026, which are similar to other claims reported to us in January of this year, when
Inputs from GJEPC on GMS & CAD Reduction
Mumbai: India’s Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC), in reference to the meeting held on 22nd May 2026 with key industry associations, to deliberate on measures for reducing the Current Account Deficit (CAD), particularly in the context of gold imports and domestic gold mobilization, is coordinating with its members to formulate some suggestions on Gold Monetization Scheme (GMS) and
De Beers to Make Major Investment in Marketing
Gaborone: The De Beers Group of Companies announced on Tuesday that it will make a major investment in a holiday marketing campaign to generate increased consumer demand for diamond jewellery during the year-end holiday season. The additional marketing investment will be made in the US and China, the world’s two leading diamond jewellery markets. The campaign will target men purchasing
Portugal Joins Kimberley Process Certification
Lisbon: Portugal has joined the Kimberley Process certification scheme, according to the Official Journal of the European Union. The Kimberley Process Certification Scheme is an international governmental certification program that was set up to prevent the trade in diamonds that fund conflict. Established in January 2003, the scheme requires governments to certify that shipments of rough diamonds are free from
Russia Becomes Top Diamond Producer in 2014
Moscow: Global diamond output grew 4 percent in value last year to $14.5 billion as the average price per carat jumped 8 percent to $116.17 and Russia displaced Botswana as the world’s largest producer, according to data published by the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme (KPCS). In terms of volume, production fell by 4 percent to 124.778 million carats. Russia, which
CIBJO Congress Becomes 1st Carbon-Neutral Event
Milan: With the submission of a report that carefully details the carbon footprint of this year’s CIBJO Congress, which took place in Salvador da Bahia, Brazil, May 4-6, 2015, and the purchase by CIBJO of offsetting carbon credits, the annual gathering of the World Jewellery Confederation is to officially become the first-ever major event in the industry to qualify as
