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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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Anglo American Not Selling Assets Any More
London: What a difference a year has made for Anglo American, the world’s number five diversified miner, which joined BHP Billiton Tuesday in lifting the mining industry spirits by postings results that clearly signal the long-awaited recovery is already here. Only a year ago the company unveiled details of a radical “portfolio restructuring,” which included the sale of its coal,
Brazil Heading for Large Diamond Production
Nordestina: There’s a new, silent diamond rush going on in Brazil. In late 2016, a new mine was discovered in the city of Nordestina, in the state of Bahia. It could increase Brazil’s diamond production by up to ten times and place the country among the world’s top 11 producers. This group, of course, is by no means large. But
GJF Seeks 1.25% GST for Gems & Jewellery Sector
Patna: The All India Gems & Jewellery Trade Federation (GJF) East Zonal Chairman Mr. Sankar Sen, Immediate Past Chairman G V Sreedhar, Director – Manoj Jha, Zonal Committee Member Srimal Dholakia and office bearers of Patliputra Sarafa Association Binod Kumar and Bharat Mehta met Honourable Finance Minister of Bihar Mr. Abdul Bari Siddiqui ji and Commercial Tax Minister Mr. Bijendra
Israel Denies Work Permit to Human Rights Watch
Tel Aviv: Human Rights Watch reported that Israeli authorities denied its application for a work permit submitted by the organization’s Israel and Palestine director on the grounds that it is not a real human rights group, reports Rough&Polished. In his reply to the application, Moshe Nakash, Permit Division Director at Israel’s Administration Service for Employers and Foreign Workers cited the
Four Leaders Join Board of Directors of PDE
Panama: The Panama Diamond has announced that four key leaders of the international diamond and jewelry industries have joined the Board of Directors of the Panama Diamond Exchange. They are Roberto Coin, the world renowned Italian jewelry designer and manufacturer; Maxim Shkadov, President of the International Diamond Manufacturers Association; Shmuel Schnitzer, President of the Israel Diamond Exchange; and Reuven Kaufman,
India's Gold Jewellery Imports Jump 10% in Q1
Mumbai: India’s gold jewellery imports surged 10 per cent to Rs. 696.44 crore in the first quarter of this fiscal as high premium on the yellow metal following tough import norms forced traders to get finished jewellery from abroad, the Gems and Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC) has said. However, import of gold bars declined marginally by 3.32 per cent
More Than 200 Buyers Registered for Diamond Week
Ramat Gan: More than 200 foreign buyers are registered already for participation in the International Diamond Week (IDW) that will be held September 1-4 at the Israel Diamond Exchange (IDE). They will come face-to-face with more than 350 diamond firms which will exhibit their diamond stocks in the IDE’s trading hall. Since the IDW is a joint effort of the
KP Wants Firm Action on CAR Conflict Diamond Trade
Shanghai: Kimberley Process Certification Scheme members are upset by reports that conflict diamonds being extracted in the Central African Republic and are finding their way into the legitimate global diamond trade. After an inter-sessional meeting in Shanghai in June, the KPCS resolved to take action to stem the spillover of diamonds from the CAR, Israelidiamond.co.il reported. The KPCS determined that
