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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DiamondCorp Retrenches Employees as Talks Fail

Toronto: DiamondCorp announced sweeping retrenchments on Monday, saying talks with its lender and a mining union had failed to end in an agreement. The miner’s business-rescue practitioner had been in discussions with the Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa (IDC) — its lender — and the Association of Mining & Construction (AMCU). The talks followed DiamondCorp subsidiary Lace Diamond Mine

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Vladivostok to be Developed as Diamond Center

Moscow: The free port of Vladivostok will develop as a diamond center, Sergey Ivanov, President of ALROSA told TASS following a working meeting with the leadership of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) in its capital, the City of Yakutsk. “Just last week, Yury Trutnev held a meeting to support the Russian diamond-cutting industry, and a number of decisions were made

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Christie's Geneva Takes Magnificent Jewels on Tour

Geneva: Christie’s upcoming auction of Magnificent Jewels will take place on May 17 at the Four Seasons Hotel des Bergues. Consisting of approximately 250 exceptional jewels, it will include a thematic section comprising 30 exceptional pieces from Italian makers, important gem stones, coloured diamonds and signed jewels. Prior to the auction, a selection of pieces will go on tour to

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Baselworld Exhibition Shortened by Two Days

Basel: The Baselworld exhibition will be two days shorter in 2018 after fewer buyers and exhibitors attended this year’s show. A total of 106,000 buyers took part in the event which ended Thursday, down 4% from the previous year, the show’s organizers reported. The number of exhibitors fell 13% to 1,300, according to National Jeweler. Organizers said they were responding

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Open House Session with Mumbai Customs Dept.

Mumbai: The Customs Zone–III successfully conducted an Open House Meeting on 4th December 2025, chaired by Mrs. Prachi Saroop, Principal Chief Commissioner of Customs, to deliberate on various operational and policy-related issues concerning customs functioning at PCCCC. The meeting saw active participation from trade members, industry representatives, exporters/importers, GJEPC and senior customs officials, fostering a transparent and collaborative environment. The

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Kalyan Jewellers Enters United Kingdom

Thrissur: Kalyan Jewellers, one of India’s jewellery brands, has further strengthened its global presence with the launch of its new showroom on Belgrave Road widely known as Leicester’s Golden Mile, the UK’s most prominent jewellery and South Asian retail hub. This milestone entry into the United Kingdom marks a strategic leap in the brand’s international expansion journey, following its sustained

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QWEEN to Launch as India’s First Self-Discovery Experiential Jewellery Brand

Bangalore: QWEEN, India’s First Self-Discovery experiential jewellery brand, was originally launched as a bootstrapped venture by Amit Kumar and Suyash Motarwar, born from a shared vision to reimagine how modern Indian women discover and experience fine jewellery. The founders later secured seed funding from Japanese luxury jeweller Kashikey Co. Ltd., enabling early product development and the foundational phase of brand

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Wesley Tucker to step down as CEO of Tracr

De Beers Group has announced that Wesley Tucker will step down from his role as Chief Executive Officer of Tracr and leave the business at the end of February 2026. Wesley joined De Beers Group in April 2021 as Head of Digital Transformation before taking on the role of CEO of Tracr, the blockchain technology platform and diamond traceability business

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