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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
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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De Beers to Invest $140 Mln, in Marketing
Gaborone: De Beers Group has announced it will invest more than US$140 million in marketing this year – its biggest spend since 2008. The increased investment will be focused on generating further consumer demand for diamond jewellery in the leading markets globally, with the greatest spend targeted in the US, China and India. While the majority of the investment will
PAN May Be Necessary for All Shopping
New Delhi: The recent Household Finance committee report by the Dr. Tarun Ramadorai submitted to the RBI recommends mandatory PAN submission for gold purchase above Rs 2 lakh. Considering the cultural preferences for gold as an investment option among Indian households, the report suggested several means to ensure more of the money stocked in gold is redirected to alternate dynamic
Two Indian Companies in Financial Problem
Mumbai: The Mumbai and Antwerp diamond sectors are reportedly on tenterhooks after two leading Indian companies announced financial problems. Manufacturer and exporter Ankur Diamonds has filed for bankruptcy in a Belgian court after the owners were unable to repay bank loans last week, according to The Times of India. Meanwhile, Interjewels Pvt Ltd owes substantial amounts to banks and private
India Bans Gold Imports from S. Korea
New Delhi: After a surge in import of gold from South Korea, the Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) in the commerce ministry on Friday banned duty free imports of the yellow metal from the country. Under the India-South Korea free trade agreement that came into force in 2010, India has allowed duty free import of gold and silver items.
Suresh Shah New VP of IDMA
Antwerp: With the wrap-up of the 36th World Diamond Congress, the International Diamond Manufacturers’ Association (IDMA) concluded its meetings with the election of its officers. Maxim Shkadov was unanimously re-elected for a second term as IDMA President and Ronnie VanderLinden and Stephane Fischler were re-elected as Secretary General and Treasurer, respectively. IDMA Vice President Edward Asscher, who was recently elected
Gold-Silver Price-Setting Methods May Change
London: The decades-old methods for determining the daily benchmark prices for gold and silver seem set to change—the result of unwelcome attention from regulators and class-action lawsuits. Currently, the price of both metals is set at a daily teleconference by a number of prominent multinational banks—four in the case of gold, and three in the case of silver. However, the
CIBJO Gives Sustainability Frame for Pearl Sector
Milan: CIBJO President Gaetano Cavalieri has presented an outline for sustainability in the cultured pearl sector, emphasizing that a comprehensive approach must be taken that addresses economic, environmental and social responsibility. He was speaking at the Sustainable Pearls Forum, which took place in Hong Kong on June 21. The cultured pearl industry provides an opportunity to introduce concepts that often
Gold Curb Relaxations on the Way…
New Delhi: The government of India has indicated that there is a need to ease norms for bullion imports to boost supplies and jewellery exports. “There is a need of rationalisation in (gold import) duty and (gold import) procedure….We have already made it clear that there is a need to look at the current gold import regime,” commerce secretary Rajeev
