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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Reena Ahluwalia's New Collections at JCK Las Vegas

Las Vegas: This JCK Las Vegas, the globally renowned jewellery designer Reena Ahluwalia will bring more innovation, color and flower power by launching her new collections!“We have worked very hard and poured our soul in the two new collections for JCK,” Reena says. She gives detail of the collections below: 1) New all-SILVER Soul Carousel collection, my partnership with Aaron

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Registration for CIBJO Congress 2018 now Open

Milan: Registration for the 2018 congress of CIBJO, the World Jewellery Confederation, is now open. Delegates and other participants may register for the congress via a dedicated congress website located at: http://www.cibjo.org/congress2018. CIBJO’s 2018 annual congress will take place in Bogotá, Colombia, October 15-17, with pre-congress meetings beginning on October 13. Located high in the Andes Mountains at an altitude of

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Royal Couple Chooses Platinum Jewellery on its Wedding

    Mumbai: Congratulations to the Duke and Duchess of Sussex! According to the official web site of the British Royal Family, both Prince Harry’s wedding band and Meghan Markle’s tiara were set in platinum. Prince Harry said “I Do” with a platinum wedding band featuring a textured finish, from the Cleave workshop. Meghan’s veil was held in place by

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Young Consumers & ‘Bridal’ to Drive Platinum Demand

Platinum Guild International (PGI) yesterday published the findings of its 2017 Platinum Jewellery Business Review revealing that two key trends – young consumers, and bridal– are emerging to contribute to platinum demand growth in 2018. Compiled by independent platinum market experts and industry analysts, the survey reports strong consumer retail sales growth in the India, U.S. and Japan for 2017,

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India–UK Trade Agreement: CoOs Distributed

New Delhi: To commemorate the India–UK trade agreement coming into effect, Mr. Rajesh Agarwal, the Commerce Secretary and Ms. Lindy Cameron, High Commissioner of UK in India distributed Certificates of Origin (COOs) to some of our exporter members at Vanijya Bhawan. Mr. Sabyasachi Ray, Executive Director and Mr. Antarpal Singh, Regional Chairman, Northern Region received the certificates on their behalf

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Kirit Bhansali Joins India’s High Level Delegation

Mumbai: Mr. Kirit Bhansali , Chairman of India’s Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC), joins Mr. Piyush Goyal , Hon’ble Minister of Commerce & Industry; Dr. S. Jaishankar , Hon’ble Minister of External Affairs; Mr. Jitin Prasada , Hon’ble Minister of State for Electronics & Information Technology and Commerce & Industry; and Ms. Karen Rentmeesters , CEO, AWDC, at

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First Jewellery Export Consignment to the UK Under India–UK CETA

Mumbai: Mumbai, India’s financial capital and the country’s premier hub for gem and jewellery exports, yesterday marked a historic milestone with the flagging off of the first jewellery export consignment to the United Kingdom under the India–UK Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA). The Mumbai flag-off forms part of a nationwide initiative being held across Delhi, Surat, Jaipur, Chennai and

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IIJS Premiere: Overseas Buyers Passport Scheme for Int’l Buyers

Mumbai: For the IIJS Bharat Premiere 2026, the Gem and Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC) has launched an exclusive Overseas Buyers Passport Scheme. Participating International buyers can win a fixed flight reimbursement of USD 525 through a lucky draw. This initiative has been designed to encourage overseas buyers to explore a wider range of exhibitors across the show, thereby fostering

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