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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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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GJEPC’s 2nd India Gold & Jewellery Summit Concluded

Upscale, upgrade & forge partnerships: Suresh Prabhu GJEPC seeks ease of doing business and reduction of customs duty on gold to 4% New Delhi: The country’s top policy makers, gem & jewellery stakeholders and decision makers got together for the most significant annual gems & jewellery industry summit – India Gold & Jewellery Summit 2018 – organized by The Gem

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Forevermark Launches Rac&Stac Collection

Mumbai: One jewellery trend that has never gone out of fashion is stackable rings. Over the years the style has only been experimented with to evolve into a must-have in every woman’s wardrobe. This Christmas, Forevermark is celebrating the holiday spirit by bringing this style back with a fun and stylish collection called Rac&Stac that can be worn from day to night in over 200

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No Assurance from India on Easing Gold Curbs

Mumbai: A delegation of diamond traders and representatives of Gems and Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC) met the Union Finance Minister, Arun Jaitley recently, demanding relaxation in various rules relating to gems and jewellery industry. The Finance Minister, however, remained reluctant to give any assurance on the existing gold import’s 80-20 rule, which allows only nominated agencies to import gold

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Zimbabwe Running Diamond Sector like ‘Mafia’

Harare: Zimbabwean opposition politician Innocent Gonese has said that Zimbabwe’s ruling Zanu PF party needs to stop running the country’s diamond sector “like a mafia where everyone involved in the management of the gems is a thief.” The comments were made at a public forum organized by the Southern African Political and Economic Series (SAPES Trust) in Mutare, reported the

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DGCX to Launch Spot Gold Contract

Dubai: Dubai Gold and Commodities Exchange (DGCX), a financial and commodity derivatives exchange is getting ready to launch a spot gold contract and a number of commodities, equity and currency derivative contracts between now and the end of the year, said Gary Anderson, CEO of DGCX in an interview with Gulf News. The exchange primarily focused on derivatives is all

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GJEPC’s Banking Seminar on Saturday

Mumbai: India’s Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC) has organized Diamond, Gem & Jewellery Banking Summit-2014 on Saturday, 28th June 2014 in Mumbai. The who’s who of Banking, Gem & Jewellery Trade and Ministry of Finance officials will be present on one platform to discuss the issues like- Aspects and Present Issues on Financing for the Gem & Jewellery

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