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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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Need to Further Strengthen Trust in the System: KP Chair
Mumbai: The Kimberley Process (KP) Intersessional Meeting 2026 commenced in Mumbai under India’s Chairmanship. The meeting, being held from May 11 to May 14, 2026, has brought together representatives from Kimberley Process Participants, Observers and industry stakeholders from across the world to deliberate on key issues related to the global trade in natural diamonds. Addressing the gathering, KP Chair 2026,
Sky Gold and Diamonds Appoints MSKA & Associates
Mumbai: Sky Gold and Diamonds Limited has appointed M/s M S K A & Associates LLP, Chartered Accountants, a member firm of BDO International, as the Statutory Auditors of the Company and its material subsidiaries, subject to shareholders’ approval. The appointment has been approved by the Board of Directors following the recommendation of the Audit Committee. The move marks a
Reena Ahluwalia’s Painting Accessioned into Smithsonian
Toronto: Visual Artist Reena Ahluwalia’s painting, “The Legacy of The Winston Red Diamond,” has been accessioned into the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. At a May 6 ceremony in the Janet Annenberg Hooker Hall of Geology, Gems, and Minerals, Dr. Gabriela Farfan, the Coralyn W. Whitney Curator of Gems and Minerals, accepted the painting. This is the first contemporary
India’s PM Appeals People Not to Buy Gold
New Delhi: India’s Prime Minister Mr. Narendra Modi has appealed country’s citizens not to buy gold for one year. His may have sounded unusual at first, especially in a country where gold is deeply linked to tradition, savings and family celebrations. But behind the statement lies a larger economic concern: pressure on India’s foreign exchange reserves and the weakening rupee
Four Bourses Support Marketing Efforts
Antwerp: Shmuel Schnitzer, President of the Israel Diamond Exchange (IDE) and Marcel Pruwer, President of the Antwerp Diamond Bourse, issued a joined statement today, expressing support of the marketing efforts bourses in Antwerp and Ramat Gan have developed locally. The two presidents made the statement toward two distinct events that will take place in February – the Antwerp Diamond Trade
Are Diamond Buyers ‘Scared’ of De Beers’ power?
New York: Diamond buyers are allegedly “scared stiff” of De Beers’ power as prices the company demands for rough stones were beyond their reach. Bloomberg quoted Diamonds, Precious Stones and Jewelry Administration director Shmuel Mordechai as saying the money that buyers get for cut gems was failing to keep up with what De Beers was asking. “It (De Beers) dictates
Advanced HPHT for Lab Grown Diamonds
Antwerp: The IGI Laboratory in Antwerp has issued reports for two very special laboratory grown polished diamonds, according to a press-release. Herman Brauner, the co-founder and head of the IGI Laboratory, said, “that the two laboratory grown diamonds submitted to IGI are the largest, highest color, flawless man-made diamonds ever seen at the IGI Antwerp laboratory.” Both stones are over
De Beers Announces Auction Sales Programme
Gaborone: The De Beers Group of Companies yesterday announced the 2015 Forward Contract Sales (FCS) programme for its Auction Sales business. As a result of customer feedback, the new programme includes a number of changes from the programme first launched in 2014. In response to customer demand for greater availability of Forward Contracts in the first half of the year
