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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Gahcho Kue Found Two Big Diamonds in April

Toronto: Mountain Province Diamonds Inc. reports an 84.65 carat diamond and a 53.90 carat stone were recovered from the Gahcho Kue diamond mine during April. The mining firm and its joint venture partner, De Beers Canada, bid for the production of fancy colored and special (+10.8 carat) diamonds on almost a monthly basis. The bid for April 2017 production of

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India Becomes China’s Second Top Diamond Exporter

Mumbai: India has further strengthened its bilateral trade with China, exporting diamonds and gemstones amounting to US$588 million in the first quarter of 2017. With improving trade relations, India has risen to become the second largest exporter of diamonds and gemstones to China, according to the Consulate General of India in Shanghai (CGI Shanghai). India’s exports to China ballooned by

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India’s Economy to Grow by 7.2% in 2017-18

New Delhi: The World Bank believes the demonetization of high value currency notes last year and the upcoming introduction of the goods and services tax (GST) will help India’s economy to grow by 7.2% in fiscal year 2017-18 – the highest rate in the world. The World Bank believes that demonetization, which caused widespread disruption to the country’s diamond trade

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De Beers Confident Diamonds Will Recover

Gaborone: De Beers Group of Companies says it is optimistic on the group’s outlook of the diamond industry market globally as there are signs of recovery. Speaking recently at the Botswana-France Business Forum at the Diamond Trade Centre (DTC) Botswana, Vice President Corporate Affairs & Government Relations De Beers Global Sightholder Sales (DBGSS) Pat Dambe said that the company was

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GJC Issues Statewide Guidelines & Multilingual SOPs 

Mumbai: The All India Gem and Jewellery Domestic Council (GJC) has launched a comprehensive industry-wide initiative to safeguard jewellery traders across Maharashtra by rolling out structured guidelines and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) aimed at ensuring fair, transparent, and accountable policing practices during theft investigations. This initiative follows the Government of Maharashtra’s circular dated March 14, 2024, and reflects GJC’s proactive

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Roadmap for Gold Innovation & Global Reach

Mumbai: Senior leadership from the World Gold Council’s (WGC) London head office visited the Indian Institute of Gems & Jewellery (IIGJ), Mumbai, on 21 April 2026, with a clear focus on advancing gold jewellery innovation through design, technology and new product concepts. The visit explored collaboration on talent development alongside innovation-led initiatives, with the delegation also interacting with students exhibiting

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Programme of 41st WDC Available on Website

Singapore: The Organizing Committee of the 41st World Diamond Congress (WDC), to be held July 12-15, 2026, in Singapore, announced that the full programme of the three-day event is now available and can be viewed in full on the dedicated Congress website. While the Congress panels for the joint WFDB and IDMA sessions were published earlier, the full programme now

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Platinum Season of Love Begins from 17th April

Mumbai: Platinum Guild International (PGI) India has announced the launch of Platinum Season of Love 2026, its signature nationwide retail activation set to run from 17th April to 31st May 2026 across jewellery stores in India. A key strategic initiative in PGI India’s annual calendar, the programme is designed to drive consumer demand and retail momentum for platinum jewellery across

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