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 Gold & Jewellery Summit ends With Success

New Delhi: The first-ever two-day national summit (India Gold & Jewellery Summit) organized by the Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC)  with Lead Partner World Gold Council (WGC) over the weekend concluded on a positive note as the Hon’ble Union Minister of Commerce & Industry Shri Suresh Prabhu and Commerce Secretary Ms. Rita Teaotia underlined the need of a

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GJF President Expresses Concern

Mumbai: Mr. Nitin Khandelwal, Chairman, All India Gems and Jewellery Trade Federation (GJF) has expressed concern over unconfirmed reports that the Union Finance Ministry is being urged to work on a package to reduce the import duty of gold while increasing the GST (Goods and Services Tax) rates for the Gems & Jewellery sector. “Based on Revenue Equivalent Principle, we

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De Beers Plans for Forward Contracts

De Beers Group announced that its Auction Sales business is to transition Fixed-Price Forward Contracts to core business status, following the success of the pilot programme that was launched in January 2017. Fixed-Price Forward Contracts offer the opportunity for Auction Sales customers to secure guaranteed access to bespoke future supply contracts, with certainty over the price to be paid when

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CIBJO Supports De Beers Plan on Blockchain Tech.

Milan: CIBJO President Gaetano Cavalieri has voiced the World Jewellery Confederation’s support for a De Beers development project that employs blockchain technology, which was announced on December 4 by the group’s CEO, Bruce Cleaver. When operational, it should enable a diamond’s journey through the value chain to be recorded in a secure digital registry by all parties handling the stone,

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Gold Smuggling Arrests Jump 750% YoY in India

Mumbai, 14th April: While cases of gold smuggling in India have jumped 265% from 40 in 2012-13 to 146 in 2013-14, the number of people arrested has shot up by 750%, from 30 in 2012-13 to 255 in 2013-14, data from the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence shows, according to a report published in Mineweb. “Gold imports through the legal channel have

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