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’s G&J Exports Grew by 4% in Q1

New Delhi: India’s gems and jewellery exports grew by about 4 per cent to USD 9.17 billion during the first quarter of the current fiscal, driven largely by demand in major markets like the US. In the April-June quarter of last financial year, the sector’s exports aggregated to USD 8.84 billion, according to the data from Gems and Jewellery Export

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Blue Fancy Colour Diamond Prices Up

New York: Analysis of pricing data by the Fancy Colour Research Foundation (FCRF) for the second quarter of 2017 indicates overall pricing stability across all categories over the same quarter in the previous year. A deeper look at the data reveals that blue fancy colour diamond prices continued to appreciate, climbing 5.5 percent over last year, while yellow fancy colour

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PNG Jewellers Wins 3 Prestigious Awards

Mumbai: PNG Jewellers has bagged three awards at the prestigious ‘National Jewellery Awards (NJA) 2017’ including, ‘The best 360 marketing campaign of the year’ the ‘National Diamond jewellery’ and ‘Best Paramparik Gold Jewellery’ of the year award. PNG Jewellers also earned another laurel at the Retail Jewellers India Awards 2017 for the ‘Social Media Campaign of the Year’. PNG Jewellers

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Global Gold Demand Declines by 10% in Q2

Mumbai: Global gold demand in Q2 2017 was 953 tonnes (t), a fall of 10% compared with the same period in 2016. This was reflected in a 14% decline in demand for the first half of 2017, which slowed to 2,004t, according to the World Gold Council’s (WGC) latest Gold Demand Trends report. After record levels of inflows into Exchange

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PNG Jewellers Achieves Record Q1 FY27 Revenue of 24,130 Mn

Pune: P N Gadgil Jewellers Limited has announced its unaudited financial results for the quarter ended 30th June 2026. Key Financial & Operational Highlights: §  Retail Contribution: Retail sales continued to strengthen, with the retail share of total revenue increasing to 78% in Q1 FY27 from 70% in Q1 FY26, reflecting the Company’s continued focus on expanding its high-margin retail business. §  Strong Same-Store Performance: The Company delivered a robust Same-Store Sales Growth (SSSG) of 46.1% YoY, driven by healthy

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US Tariff Could Dent Growth of India’s G&J Industry: GJC

Mumbai: The United States (US) has maintained a 10% additional tariff on Indian gem and jewellery (G&J) exports under a permanent Section 301 regime, which replaced the previous temporary Section 122 surcharge on July 24, 2026. This duty applies to natural diamonds, lab-grown diamonds, coloured gemstones, and finished jewellery, impacting India’s primary overseas market. Expressing his dissatisfaction on the move,

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The Platinum Buyer Seller Meet Ends Successfully

Kochi: The Platinum Buyer-Seller Meet (BSM) 2026, hosted by Platinum Guild International (PGI) in Kochi on 8th & 9th July, brought together 10 manufacturers, more than 70 retailers and industry partners for discussions on product innovation, changing consumer demand and the future growth of platinum jewellery in India. Over the last few years, platinum jewellery has sustained double-digit growth in

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New Tariff Puts India’s G&J Exports Under Pressure

Mumbai: India’s Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC) has taken note of the United States’ transition from the temporary Section 122 balance-of-payments surcharge to the new Section 301 tariff regime, effective from 24 July 2026, under which the additional tariff on Indian gem and jewellery (G&J) exports remain unchanged at 10%. The new tariff framework follows the conclusion of investigations

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