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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India's Platinum Demand to Grow by 25% in 2018

Hyderabad: “India may achieve 20% to 25% growth in platinum jewellery sales during 2018. This year, we are expecting the total market for platinum jewellery to grow 20% to 25% more than 2017 at the retail level. At the same time, manufacturing demand will grow by 30% to 40%,” said Ms. Vaishali Banerjee, the Managing Director of Platinum Guild India Pvt.

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Global Diamond Production Soars in 2017

Antwerp: The Kimberley Process (KP) has summed up global rough diamond production for 2017, saying production jumped 19% to 151 million carats last year. Production jumped 29% in value terms to $15.87 billion in 2017. The average price per carat increased 8% to $105 per carat. Russia was again the largest producer, recording an output of $4.11 billion in value terms and

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Lab-Grown Diamonds are Diamonds, Says FTC

New York: The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has expanded its definition of “diamond” to include those grown in a laboratory, as part of several changes to its jewelry guidelines. The FTC’s previous definition of a diamond stated: “A diamond is a natural mineral consisting essentially of pure carbon crystallized in the isometric system.” This is no longer applicable, the commission

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Set New Export Target of $75 Bln by '22: Suresh Prabhu

Mumbai: The Union Minister for Commerce & Industry and Civil Aviation Mr. Suresh Prabhu said that India’s exports in the year 2017-18 were the highest in last six years. He added that India’s exports have been growing at a higher rate in the last few months. He said that if we continue with this pace, India may be able to

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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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IDMA Tackles Thorny Issues at 36th WDC

Antwerp: With the close of the 36th World Diamond Congress in Antwerp, Belgium, members of the International Diamond Manufacturers Association (IDMA) concluded their deliberations, after raising and discussing a long list of topics that weigh heavily on the minds of diamond manufacturers worldwide. IDMA President Maxim Shkadov emphasized at the concluding press conference on June 19 that his organization was

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IMF Urges Zimbabwe to Boost Transparency

Harare: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) stated that Zimbabwe remains committed to implementing the policies and reforms that were agreed to with an IMF-monitored program and to stay engaged with international financial institutions. The program marked its first anniversary this month and while the IMF suggested a number of guidelines to stabilize Zimbabwe’s economy, the organization also concluded that the

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