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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GJC Issues Statewide Guidelines & Multilingual SOPs 

Mumbai: The All India Gem and Jewellery Domestic Council (GJC) has launched a comprehensive industry-wide initiative to safeguard jewellery traders across Maharashtra by rolling out structured guidelines and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) aimed at ensuring fair, transparent, and accountable policing practices during theft investigations. This initiative follows the Government of Maharashtra’s circular dated March 14, 2024, and reflects GJC’s proactive

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Roadmap for Gold Innovation & Global Reach

Mumbai: Senior leadership from the World Gold Council’s (WGC) London head office visited the Indian Institute of Gems & Jewellery (IIGJ), Mumbai, on 21 April 2026, with a clear focus on advancing gold jewellery innovation through design, technology and new product concepts. The visit explored collaboration on talent development alongside innovation-led initiatives, with the delegation also interacting with students exhibiting

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Programme of 41st WDC Available on Website

Singapore: The Organizing Committee of the 41st World Diamond Congress (WDC), to be held July 12-15, 2026, in Singapore, announced that the full programme of the three-day event is now available and can be viewed in full on the dedicated Congress website. While the Congress panels for the joint WFDB and IDMA sessions were published earlier, the full programme now

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Platinum Season of Love Begins from 17th April

Mumbai: Platinum Guild International (PGI) India has announced the launch of Platinum Season of Love 2026, its signature nationwide retail activation set to run from 17th April to 31st May 2026 across jewellery stores in India. A key strategic initiative in PGI India’s annual calendar, the programme is designed to drive consumer demand and retail momentum for platinum jewellery across

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AG&J Responds to GIA Decision to Grade LGD

New York: Analytical Gemology and Jewelry head Mr. Dusan Simic has launched a response to the decision of the GIA to grade laboratory-grown diamonds in what he calls a standardized fashion. “It is also unfortunate that the GIA only made its decision regarding LGDs after the recent publication of the third edition of Laboratory-Grown Diamonds – Information guide to HPHT

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Forevermark Launches 3 Stores with Fortofino

Mumbai: Forevermark, the diamond brand from the De Beers Group launched three more doors in partnership with Fortofino in North India this week. The brand saw the opening of the 8th Forevermark Boutique in Ludhiana as well as the launch at the Fortofino stores in the city of Jammu and Ambala. This is the second store in Jammu after the success

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DITP to Host Full Scale of Virtual Jewellery Fair in Asia

Bangkok: The Department of International Trade Promotion (DITP) will organise “BGJF Special Edition – On Ground to Online Exhibition”, a fully online gems and jewellery exhibition via www.bkkgems-vts.com on 2-4 November 2020. This innovative online jewellery fair will replace the 66th Bangkok Gems & Jewelry Fair, which the DITP has now postponed until 23-27 February 2021. The Physical fair will

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Virtual IIJS, the Game Changer of G&J Industry: GJEPC

Mumbai, October 17, 2020: India’s first ever virtual gems and jewellery trade show, India International Jewellery Show (IIJS) Virtual 2020, powered by GIA, organized by the Gem and Jewellery Export Promotion Council of India (GJEPC), concluded on October 16, 2020. The five-day jewellery extravaganza which commenced on October 12, 2020, has been one of a kind experience for all the

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