Why Did Gold & Silver Break Down Just as Fed Hike Bets Faded

Macro Snapshot: The rate backdrop eased during the week ending 23 October, which makes the metals’ slide harder to explain. CME FedWatch odds of a hike at the 27 to 28 October FOMC meeting had settled near one in three on 14 October, after the 3.7% September CPI print, and stood at 9.4% by 23 October. December hike odds slipped from about 90% to close to 80%. The 10-year Treasury yield closed at 5.00% against 5.09% a week earlier, and

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Why Did Gold & Silver Break Down Just as Fed Hike Bets Faded

Macro Snapshot: The rate backdrop eased during the week ending 23 October, which makes the metals’ slide harder to explain. CME FedWatch odds of a hike at the 27 to 28 October FOMC meeting had settled near one in three on 14 October, after the 3.7% September CPI print, and stood at 9.4% by 23 October. December hike odds slipped from about 90% to close to 80%. The 10-year Treasury yield closed at 5.00% against 5.09% a week earlier, and

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Rolex Rated as World’s Most Reputable Company

New York: For the second year in a row, Rolex topped an annual ranking of companies with the best reputations in the world. The Global RepTrak 100 ranking, according to the Reputation Institute, which produces the list, is the largest corporate reputation study of its kind, with 170,000 ratings. Rolex was the only jewellery or watch brand listed on the

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All Parcels Sold at Gahcho Kué Tender

Toronto: Mountain Province sold 277,646 carats of rough diamonds at its second tender of production from the Gahcho Kué mine in Canada. The company sold all the parcels of diamonds on offer, including those it had held over from its January sale due to India’s liquidity crisis, Mountain Province said. While that previous sale of 49,420 carats fetched $6.3 million

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Industry Productivity Dropped 30%: Mark Cutifani

Toronto: Productivity remains number one operational challenge for the industry as it has dropped by 30% over the last decade, said Mark Cutifani, CEO of Anglo American, in his speech at the Prospectors and Developers association of Canada convention. Cutifani reported that since 2012 Anglo American has increased its productivity by 41%, delivering 8% more product, from a 1/3 fewer

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Indian Gold Demand to Revive in 2017

Mumbai: The World Gold Council (WGC) has said in its latest Market Update that it expects Indian gold demand to recover from the lows of 2016 and reach levels of between 650-750 tonnes in 2017, before climbing further to about 850-950 t by 2020. The industry body stated that the gold market was one of the sectors of the Indian

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Divine Solitaires, SGL Launch ‘Know Your Diamond’ Zone

Mumbai: The initiative equips Divine Solitaires’ reputed partner jewellers with advanced screening technology that can help verify key characteristics of diamonds,including whether a diamond is natural or laboratory-grown, checking laser inscriptions andverifying Hearts & Arrows (H&A). The screening machines will be provided as inventory to premium Divine Solitaires partner jewellers, enabling consumers to access the technology free of charge at

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Sky Gold & Diamonds Acquires Purvi Gems

Mumbai: Sky Gold & Diamonds Ltd., (Sky Gold) one of India’s leading jewellery manufacturers and exporters, has successfully completed the acquisition of 100% equity shares of Purvi Gems & Jewellery (India) Private Limited, a company engaged in the manufacturing of uncut and precia jewellery and related products. Following the completion of the acquisition on October 7, 2026, Sky Gold is

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‘UNNATI’ to Power Women in G&J Industry

Surat: The Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC), the apex body of India’s gem and jewellery industry, yesterday launched ‘UNNATI – Powering Women in Gems & Jewellery’, a national mission to drive women in the sector learn, lead and grow as skilled professionals, entrepreneurs and future leaders. Beginning with its Gujarat chapter at Sardar Patel Smruti Bhavan, Surat, UNNATI

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QDE Widens its Scope with CIBJO Membership

Doha: The Qatar Diamond Exchange (QDE) has been admitted to membership of CIBJO, the World Jewellery Confederation (CIBJO), the international jewellery industry’s principal representative and standards-setting body. QDE joins as a National Association Member, extending the exchange’s international standing beyond the diamond trade into the wider diamond, coloured gemstone and jewellery sector. QDE’s membership was approved in CIBJO’s centenary year.

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