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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GIA to Present Product & Service Developments at IIJS

Mumbai: GIA India will present laboratory and education offerings, live demonstrations of the GIA iD100 gem testing device, complimentary seminars and more at the India International Jewellery Show (IIJS) from 9-13 August, 2018 at Bombay Exhibition Centre, Mumbai. To learn more about GIA India’s offerings, visitors can step in to Booth #1D066 and Booth #2B003. Live demonstrations of GIA iD100, which

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PNG Jewellers Reveals Plans for Rapid Expansion

Mumbai: In a bid to take its legacy to even greater heights, PNG Jewellers announced its plans to initiate a franchise model for the first time at a recent press conference. Named ‘IFO-Initial Franchise offering’, the programme aims to intensively increase the penetration of the jewellery brand in both Tier I and Tier II cities in Maharashtra within the next

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5 Carat+ Grading Service at Mumbai by HRD Antwerp

Mumbai: Diamond grading for higher carats has traditionally been a time consuming and costly process for the traders who send in their stones to the labs overseas and further await the grading reports that are sent from international locations thereby adding to the time lines. There has been a constant demand to make higher grading available within India. This emerges

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Banking Finance Support to G&J Sector Declined by 10%

Mumbai: The Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC), apex body for the gem and jewellery trade in India, set up by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, today stated that there has been at least 10 percent decline in bank finance to the gem and jewellery sector which is going to adversely impact exports out of the country. This

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Hardest Synthetic Diamond Ever Made Unveiled

Beijing: Chinese researchers from Yanshan University have created a synthetic diamond harder than its natural counterpart and able to withstand even hotter temperatures, according to a report published in mining.com The team, led by Yongjun Tian, says the new form of diamond could be used to make superior cutting or crushing tools, capable of operate under very extreme conditions. The

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'Presidents Forum' Formed

Antwerp: The heads of the jewellery and diamond industry’s four leading international representative bodies have agreed on Tuesday to establish “The Presidents Forum,” which is a joint consultative committee with its members being the presidents of each organization. Together they will discuss and formulate coordinated strategies and policies for the industry on important issues of common interest. Hosted by Dr.

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First Texas-Israel Diamond Show in September

Ramat Gan: This fall strategic cooperation between the Texas Jewelers Association (TJA) and the Israel Diamond Institute (IDI) will produce the first Texas-Israel Diamond Show in San Antonio from September 29 – 30, 2014. This is the first time that jewelers in Texas and surrounding states will be offered the opportunity to buy diamonds directly from the source. The unique

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India Hikes Import Tariff Value on Gold, Silver

New Delhi: The Indian government yesterday hiked import tariff value on gold and silver to USD 411 per 10 grams and USD 632 per kg as global prices have increased in the wake of escalating violence in Iraq. In the first fortnight of this month, tariff value on imported gold stood at USD 408 per 10 grams and silver at

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