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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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No Quarterly Index for Fancy Color Diamonds
New York: Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, for the first time since its inception in 2015, the Fancy Color Research Foundation (FCRF) will not publish the Fancy Color Diamond Index (FCDI) for Q1 2020. The FCRF had concluded the quarterly data collection process from its data suppliers and learned that the volume of transactions conducted in this quarter was not
PGI to Address Changing Needs of Consumers: Vaishali Banerjee
Mumbai: As coronavirus fears continue to rattle markets worldwide, there is the potential for the impact of the virus to reduce platinum demand if it is not contained within months. The demand for platinum jewellery in India could weaken in the following months amid the global onslaught of Covid-19. Platinum market in India has witnessed consistent growth on the back
IDMA Forms Jeweler Support Network
Mumbai: (By David Kellie, CEO of DPA) As the COVID-19 outbreak continues to disrupt communities and businesses around the world, the livelihood of many people in our industry is at stake. It is in these moments of hardship that we need to work together, support each other, and focus on strategically building the common path to a sustainable recovery. Local
Partial Work to Begin Outside Containment Zones
Mumbai: In an announcement made on April 15, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), Government of India has said that operations in certain types of industrial units outside of the demarcated containment zones will be permitted after April 20 onwards along with adequate precautions, noted the Gem and Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC). The list of select additional activities in
Gold Smuggling Arrests Jump 750% YoY in India
Mumbai, 14th April: While cases of gold smuggling in India have jumped 265% from 40 in 2012-13 to 146 in 2013-14, the number of people arrested has shot up by 750%, from 30 in 2012-13 to 255 in 2013-14, data from the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence shows, according to a report published in Mineweb. “Gold imports through the legal channel have
