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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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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Sant Enterprises Introduces the ‘Rose of Mozambique’

Mumbai: Gemfields has introduced the Rose of Mozambique – a rare, high quality ruby sold at auction in Singapore to Bangkok’s preeminent gem specialist Sant, now cut and polished to reveal its true beauty. Sant’s managing director Santpal Sinchawla has had a lifetime of experience with rubies, working in the family gemstone business since he was just 18. Led by

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Gem & Jewellery Demand Scenario in USA Optimistic

Mumbai: India’s exports of Gem and Jewellery products is expected to be encouraging in USA market during the upcoming Christmas time majorly backed by rising GDP growth, employment rate and private consumption expenditure in the country. The press release issued by India’s Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC) says, this would be well in line with positive growth of

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Joyalukkas Launches Forevermark Elements Collection

Mumbai: In anticipation of the New Year, Forevermark, the diamond brand from De Beers Group introduces the ‘The Forevermark ElementsTM Collection’, designedexclusively by Joyalukkas, an authorised Forevermark jeweller. Set with rare, beautiful and responsibly sourced Forevermark diamonds at the heart of each piece – the The Forevermark ElementsTM Collection is inspired by the symmetry in design with three dominant shapes – each shape reflecting a uniquefacet of a

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GJEPC Organised 1st India Jewellery BSM in Kolkata

Kolkata: The Gem and Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC) organized a two-day India Jewellery Buyer-Seller Meet (BSM) on December 4 and 5, 2018, in Kolkata among leading jewelers from participating countries like Bangladesh, Bahrain, Kuwait, Malaysia, Singapore, UAE, UK and USA. This initiative aims to offer a gateway to a huge potential market, which will further boost the bilateral investment

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China’s Gold Demand to Continue For 20 Years

Beijing: China’s strong appetite for gold is expected to continue for the next 20 years, driven by the country’s increasing per capita income and the global shift of gold consumption from the West to the East, the China Gold Association said. In 2013, China’s gold consumption reached 1,176.4 tonnes, making it the world’s biggest gold consumer. Its consumption in 2014

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British MPs Urge to Probe Gold Price-Rigging

London: British Members of Parliament (MPs) have called on the UK’s financial watchdog to investigate allegations of price-rigging in the London gold market after a senior regulatory executive said that there may have been co-ordinated attempts to manipulate a crucial benchmark, Financial Times reports. Members of the influential parliamentary Treasury select committee pressed the Financial Conduct Authority to act after

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RBI to Swap Gold to Improve Reserves Quality

Mumbai: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) said yesterday that it had sought quotes from banks to swap gold in its own vaults for international-standard gold, aiming to improve the management of its reserves. The RBI sources said that the measure would “standardize the gold available with RBI in India with respect to international standards” and the gold acquired would

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6,000-Gram Gold “Devil’s Ear” Unearthed in Russia

Moscow: Russian miners have unearthed a scary-looking 6,664-gram piece of gold they labeled the “Devil’s Ear” on Friday the 13th. According to the official publication of the local government, workers at the Ukhagan mine in the Bodaybinsky district of Siberia found the piece, the largest nugget ever found in the area, on June 13, the eve of the full moon.

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