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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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PNG Jewellers Wins Three Awards
Mumbai: PNG Jewellers, India’s jewellery brand added golden feathers to its cap this award season. The brand has won for ‘the most innovative Marketing Campaign – Radio’ and ‘Retail Chain of Stores’ at Retail Jewellers Guild awards 2018 held in New Delhi on 30th September. They also bagged an award at GJTCI (Gem and Jewellery Trade Council of India) Excellence Awards on 2nd October as ‘Regional
DPA Launches ‘Real is Rare’ Campaign in Telugu
Hyderabad: The Diamond Producers Association (DPA) an international alliance of the world’s leading diamond mining companies launched their integrated marketing campaign ‘Real is Rare’ in Telugu. The ‘Real is Rare’ campaign focuses on celebrating the precious moments which mark the journey of a relationship between a couple. Following a comprehensive research, DPA arrived at a key insight – while couples
Gem-A Welcomes JTV as Platinum Sponsor
London: Gem-A (The Gemmological Association of Great Britain) is pleased to announce that Jewelry Television (JTV) will support its annual Conference as Platinum Sponsor. The two-day event, which will take place in London on November 3-4, 2018, welcomes the world’s leading gemmologists, mining specialists, geologists, jewellery collectors, and jewellery historians for a range of insightful talks and workshops, led by
Rio Tinto Reveals Largest Fancy Purplish Red diamond
New York: Rio Tinto has revealed its 2018 Argyle Pink Diamonds Tender in New York to collectors, connoiseurs and those in search of the incomparable, including the Argyle Muse™, the largest purplish red diamond ever offered at Tender. Rio Tinto’s Argyle mine is the world’s only consistent source of rare pink, red and violet diamonds and the 2018 Argyle Pink
RBI's Credit Limit Troubles Diamond Units
Surat: At least 350 small and medium diamond companies in the world’s biggest diamond cutting and polishing centre in Surat are facing severe financial problems with Indian banks strictly implementing the 90 days credit limit for overseas payment to rough diamond dealers in Antwerp and Dubai for the past four months, reports The Times of India. The Gem and Jewellery
India Eyes Direct Diamond Tie-Ups with Russia
Mumbai: With the threat of US economic sanctions on Russia hanging like a Damocles sword, India’s gem and jewellery industry is gearing to establish direct contacts with Russia, to source rough diamonds, reports Business Line. Supply of roughs from Russia to Dubai and Belgium could be severely impacted if the US imposes economic sanctions on Russia, say exporters. Currently, the
Platinum Prices Slide despite Stalled Strike Deal
Johannesburg: Despite a broad rally in metals prices, PGM futures trading in New York pulled back on Friday despite a fresh impasse in strike negotiations in South Africa. Palladium futures trading on Nymex gave up more than 2% or $17 an ounce on Friday day to trade at $822.50 an ounce, while platinum contracts fell 1.1% or $16 an ounce
Ernest Blom Re-Elected as WFDB President
Antwerp: Ernest Blom, current president of the World Federation of Diamond Bourses (WFDB), was re-elected for another two-year period unopposed during the first working session of this week’s 36th World Diamond Congress in Antwerp. The following people were also elected: Julien Drybooms as WFDB Vice President; Rony Unterman as WFDB Secretary-General and Michel Schonfeld as Deputy Secretary-General; Dieter Hahn as
