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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Single Organization for Italian Shows Founded

Rome: Italian Exhibition Group Spa (IEG), the company generated by a merger between Rimini Fiera and Fiera di Vicenza, and Arezzo Fiere e Congressi Srl have signed a strategic agreement creating a single organization for shows involving the gold and jewellery industry. Following the agreement with Arezzo Fiere e Congressi, Italian Exhibition Group, besides organizing the three editions of VICENZAORO

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Gem Diamonds Receives Neutral Rating

London: Citigroup Inc. reaffirmed their neutral rating on shares of Gem Diamonds Limited in a research report sent to investors on Tuesday morning. The firm currently has a GBX 115 ($1.43) target price on the stock. A number of other research analysts have also weighed in on the company. Panmure Gordon cut their price objective on Gem Diamonds Limited from

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Platinum Jewellery for Valentine’s Day!

Mumbai: It has been rightly said “True loves comes once in a lifetime and lasts for eternity- Anonymous”, and this ‘true love’ deserves to be commemorated with nothing but the rarest and purest of metals- Platinum. So this Valentine’s Day, celebrate each other and that intimate of bond of togetherness with an enchanting range of pure Platinum Love Bands. The

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WFDB Presidents Setting up Financial Taskforce

Antwerp: The WFDB will be creating a financial taskforce to follow up on the Finance Seminar held during the 2017 Presidents Meeting, President Mr. Ernie Blom told a press conference at the end of the event on Wednesday at the Bharat Diamond Bourse (BDB). Mr. Blom said that the comprehensive discussion on financing for the diamond industry, along with the

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CIBJO and Fairtrade International Sign MOU

Moscow, 23rd May: CIBJO and Fairtrade International have signed a Memorandum of Understanding according to which Fairtrade commits to working with CIBJO and its member organizations to improving certified Fairtrade gold supplies to the jewellery markets and members of CIBJO-associated organisations, and CIBJO commits to facilitating and encouraging its members to adopt and integrate fairtrade gold and metals into their

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RBI Allows Private Agencies to Import Gold

Mumbai: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) yesterday eased tough gold import rules by permitting seven more private agencies to import the yellow metal. It is a measure that industry officials say could increase supplies and reduce premiums in the peak wedding season. Gold imports by India, the world’s No. 2 bullion consumer after China, could quickly rise from current

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GJEPC Flays Surat Diamantaires on Bourse Plan

Mumbai, 22nd May: The Gems and Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC), of India has criticized the move by some diamantaires in Surat to shift their Mumbai operations to the proposed Surat Diamond Bourse (SDB) in Surat, reports The Times of India. GJEPC chairman Vipul Shah said, “It is not the prerogative of 50 diamantaires to decide and win over others

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India Raises Import Tariff Value of Gold, Silver

Mumbai: India has raised its import tariff value of gold and silver on Wednesday. Indian government has trimmed its import tariff value of gold from $421 per ten grams to $431 per 10 grams and silver from $644 per kilo gram to $ 646 per kilo gram, said the ministry of finance. Import tariff value is the base price on which

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