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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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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LMHC Advances in Harmonisation of Colour Description

Lucerne, Switzerland: Significant achievements in the harmonisation of wording on laboratory reports and the reporting of new treatments have been chalked up during the 29th meeting of the Laboratory Manual Harmonisation Committee (LMHC), which was hosted by the Gübelin Gem Lab in Lucerne, Switzerland, on November 14 and 15, 2018.   The LMHC is currently comprised of representatives from the Central

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WGC Appoints David Tait as Incoming CEO

London: The World Gold Council (WGC), the market development organisation for the gold industry, yesterday announced the appointment of David Tait as incoming Chief Executive Officer. David joins the World Gold Council following a highly successful career in the financial services industry. David was most recently Global Head of Fixed Income Macro Products at Credit Suisse.  Prior to that he held senior trading

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India’s Rough Imports Inceased by 16.19%

Mumbai: India’s cut & polished diamond exports for month of June 2014 has registered $1,469 million (2,695,000 carats), showing a decrease of 0.66 percent against $1,478.81 million (2,806,000 carats) during June 2013, according to the provisional figures announced by the Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC) of India. For the period of April 2014 to June 2014 too, cut

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3 Carat Synthetic Largest-Ever Grown Gem

New York: Pure Grown, the man-made diamond company formerly known as Gemesis, is selling a 3 ct. K SI stone­—which it calls the largest colorless diamond ever produced by nonnatural means, reports jckonline. Lisa Bissell, the Fabrikant veteran recently appointed president and CEO of the company, says that she has every intention of selling the gem, which has a report

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Zimbabwe Imposes Embargo on Rough Export

Harare: The Zimbabwean government has reportedly banned the export of rough diamonds to ensure the country realises maximum value for its gems. NewsDay quoted Mines and Mining Development minister Walter Chidhakwa as saying that the issue was extensively discussed and Cabinet agreed and directed that “we implement the new institutional programme”. He said Harare had recognized that it was “not

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GJF Launches Monthly ‘G&J Times’

Mumbai: The All India Gems and Jewellery Trade Federation (GJF), the national trade federation for the promotion and growth of trade in Gems and Jewellery (G&J) Industry across India, hosted an exciting 6th edition of its signature GJF NITE 2014 in Mumbai. The fun filled, entertaining and musical fashion extravaganza event, presented by R. M. Jewellery and powered by CVM,

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