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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Narayan Jewellers Launches Forevermark ‘Artemis’

Vadodara: Narayan Jewellers by Ketan and Jatin Chokshi launched the exclusive Forevermark Artemis™ Collection by master couturier Bibhu Mohapatra at their store yesterday. Bringing the exquisite collection handcrafted with beautiful, rare and responsibly sourced Forevermark diamonds to Gujarat, Bollywood film star Fatima Sana Sheikh unveiled the new collection. Inspired by the interstellar theme the Forevermark Artemis™ Collection highlights three key

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DEF Announces 2018 ‘Diamonds Do Good’ Honorees

New York: The Diamond Empowerment Fund (DEF) has announced the recipients of its 2018 ‘Diamonds Do Good’ Awards, to be presented at the DEF annual gala on May 31 at the Four Seasons Ballroom in Las Vegas, NV. The government of Canada’s Northwest Territories will receive the Diamonds Do Good Responsible Government Award and Bruce Cleaver, CEO of DeBeers Group,

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De Beers Preparing GemFair Programme with DDI

Gaborone: De Beers Group yesterday announced it is preparing to pilot a programme called GemFair to create a secure and transparent route to market for ethically-sourced artisanal and small-scale mined (ASM) diamonds. GemFair will use dedicated technology to record ASM production at mine sites that meet demonstrable ethical standards, with the aim of purchasing rough diamonds from approved locations while

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ALROSA Opens Representative Office in Mumbai

Mumbai:  Russian diamond mining company ALROSA launched its representative office at Bharat Diamond Bourse, Mumbai, on Thursday, April 19, 2018. In the grand opening ceremony, the officials Mr. Anoop Mehta – President, Bharat Diamond Bourse, Mr. Mehul Shah, – Vice President, Bharat Diamond Bourse, Mr. Milan Choksi, Convenor, Marketing, GJEPC  and Mr. Russel Mehta – Advisor to Chairman, GJEPC, cut

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WGC Launches ‘Swarnim Udaan 2047’

Mumbai: The World Gold Council (WGC) yesterday released a landmark vision document for Indian gold industry titled “Swarnim Udaan 2047: Unlocking the Full Potential of Gold Towards Viksit Bharat 2047,”. The report, developed with Monitor Deloitte as knowledge partner, sets out a long-term roadmap to reposition gold as a strategic economic lever for India’s economic growth and global competitiveness.  As

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IIJS Bharat Premiere 2026 Opens with New FTAs, New Markets

Mumbai: The 42nd edition of IIJS Bharat Premiere opened at the Jio World Convention Centre, Mumbai, today, against the most favourable trade backdrop the Indian gem and jewellery industry has ever known. A succession of free trade agreements — with the UAE, Australia, Oman and the United Kingdom, with the European Union and New Zealand to follow — has redrawn

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BDB Hosts Presentation on Fluorescence in Natural Diamonds by GIA Experts

Mumbai: In the latest round of Leadership Series talks hosted by Bharat Diamond Bourse (BDB), two senior experts from the Gemological Institute of America (GIA)-Mr. Sriram Natarajan, Senior Vice President, Global Laboratory Operations, GIA, and Dr. Yun Luo, Director, Metrology and Quality Control, GIA, highlighted some of the institute’s latest scientific research into the impact of fluorescence on the appearance of natural

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INNOV8: Innovative Seminars at IIJS Premiere

Mumbai: The India International Jewellery Show (IIJS) Bharat Premiere 2026, being held by GJEPC between 5th & 10th August at two different venues of Mumbai has, as usual also organized the Innov8, a series of innovative seminar at both the venues. The schedule is given below: Some of the key sessions at BEC Hall 6 include:6 Aug: Luxury Jewellery, Retail

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