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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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India Pavilion at Hong Kong International Show
Hong Kong: India, the leading diamond manufacturer and one of the leading jewellery exporters in the world, has always made a scintillating presence at all international shows with innovative and unique offerings catering to specific markets. India Pavilion, organized by Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC) has an impressive presence at the 6th Hong Kong International Diamond, Gem and

Institutes Gathers under one Umbrella to Form AGA
Hong Kong: NGTC is organizing a half day open Forum meeting Win-Win on 28th February with CIBJO, GIT, GII, CGL, DFHK, GHK and HKIG as organizers. NGTC invited many experts from many institutes to talk or present views in Win-Win. For the first time, an effort is being made to bring Asia-pacific countries under one umbrella. The idea was seeded

IGI Certifies Traditional Jadau & Polki Plewellery
Mumbai: The International Gemological Institute (IGI), the largest global independent gem certification and appraisal institute, certifies traditional Jadau and Polki jewelry. The IGI Traditional Jewelry Report has become a benchmark and helps discerning buyers validate real Jadau jewelry from fakes; and differentiate between original Polki creations and glass rendered designs. Jadau jewelry is considered the epitome of traditional Indian craftsmanship.

SSEF Launches GemTrack
Basel: The Swiss Gemmological Institute SSEF has announced the launch today of GemTrack™, a new service providing expert scientific opinion linking a cut gemstone to the rough stone from which it originated, thus enabling gemmologically the documentation of part of the stone’s journey from mine to market. The GemTrack™ service involves the combination of crystallographic, structural, chemical and microscopic analyses, which allow for

Quality Label ‘Antwerp’s Most Brilliant’
Antwerp: The City of Antwerp and the AWDC awarded three additional Antwerp jewelers the quality label ‘Antwerp’s Most Brilliant’, indicating they meet the strictest requirements in terms of quality, service and transparency. Antwerp’s Most Brilliant was launched earlier this year and collects the city’s most qualitative and reliable jewellers, living up to Antwerp’s reputation as a diamond centre of excellence.

“Please Withdraw Gold Import Curbs…”
New Delhi: Commerce Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said that her ministry has recommended that the finance ministry seriously consider easing import curbs on gold to help the beleaguered gems and jewellery export sector, reports The Economic Times. Speaking to ET, Sitharaman, who is also minister of state for finance, said that while the current account deficit (CAD) crisis had been somewhat

New Device Grades Fancy Colored Diamonds
London: A new device can color-grade both fancy colored diamonds as well as diamonds with secondary hues, says a release from manufacturer ImaGem. The device uses data from thousands of samples to derive its grades for fancy colored stones, says Dr. Lalit K. Aggarwal, chairman of ImaGem, which manufactures the device. The device, called the GL3200, can “identify which stones

WDC Warns against Trading Diamonds with CAR
New York: The World Diamond Council has issued a warning that, despite the Administrative Decision of the Kimberley Process of May 23, 2013, which ordered the temporary suspension of trading in diamonds from the Central African Republic (CAR), production of diamonds in that country is continuing and there is evidence of diamonds from the CAR reaching the markets. The WDC
