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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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GJEPC Seeks to Build Consensus on FTC Guidelines
Mumbai: The Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC) has begun multiple initiatives and is interacting with various industry stakeholders in an attempt to build a global consensus on the industry response and draw up a plan of action in response to last month’s announcement of revisions to the FTC Jewelry Guides related to marketing of diamonds in the
IIJS 2018 Generates Business Worth Rs. 8k Crore
Mumbai: The 35th edition of the India international Jewellery Show IIJS organised by GJEPC concluded in Mumbai today with a note of positivity and cheer for the entire trade. IIJS, a premium annual event received all round support with over 40,000 visitors from over 800 cities across 80 countries attending and previewing exhibitions of over 1300 exhibitors. GJEPC had organised a
Wallace Chan to Speak at Gem-A Conference 2018
London: Gem-A (the Gemmological Association of Great Britain) will welcome internationally-recognised jewellery artist, Wallace Chan, to its annual Gem-A Conference opening on November 3, 2018. Mr. Chan will be the inaugural speaker at the two-day Conference, which gathers the world’s leading gemmologists, mining specialists, geologists, jewellery collectors, gemstone cutters and jewellery historians to London for a range of insightful talks
GJEPC’s CSR initiative ‘Jewellers for Hope’
Mumbai: The Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC), in association with De Beers and Powered by Gemological Institute of America (GIA), presented the fourth edition of ‘Jewellers for Hope’ on August 9. A gala charity dinner with an avowed objective to collaborate and contribute for the larger cause of preventing the exploitation of the child and as well support the cause of the
Gold, Diamond Deposits Traced in Odisha
Bhubaneswar: Geological survey has revealed deposits of a variety of gem stones, gold and diamond in Boudh district in India’s Odisha state, Steel and Mines minister Prafulla Kumar Mallick informed in the State Assembly here on Friday, according to a report published in Odisha Sun Times. Replying to a question by Mahidhara Rana, he said as informed by the Steel
Diamonds worth Crores Stuck in US Labs
Mumbai: An unprecedented delay by US-based Gemological Institute of America (GIA) in certifying of polished diamonds is worrying diamantaires in Surat and Mumbai, who are now facing liquidity problems due to shortage of gems to sell in the market, reports The Times of India. The diamond sized below one carat (the most popular category) that are sent to Carlsbard and
GIA Team Uncovers Gemstone Treasures in Brazil
Brasilia: Field researchers from the Gemological Institute of America (GIA) journeyed to gemstone mining areas in Brazil from March 31 to April 17 this year, gathering information on the current state of coloured stone mines in the region. Focusing specifically on emerald and tourmaline, the research team had the opportunity to visited Minas Gerais, Rio Grande do Norte and Paraiba
GJEPC Welcomes Export Promotion Mission, SEZ Revival
Mumbai:Announcing the reforms and budget for 2014-15, the Finance Minister, Mr. Arun Jaitley has maintained the populist front, announcing various small measures and state level schemes however none of them promise any major impact on the gem & jewelry sector, the Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC) has said in an official statement. “The industry is happy that our
