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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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De Beers to Pilot Fixed-Price Forward Contracts
Gaborone: The De Beers Group of Companies yesterday announced that its Auction Sales business is to begin piloting fixed-price forward contracts. These contracts will offer the opportunity for Auction Sales customers to guarantee access to future supply with certainty over the price to be paid when the contract reaches maturity. The first event will take place on 16 February 2017,
India Pavilion with 16 Exhibitors at Vicenzaoro
Vicenza: India Pavilion with 16 exhibitors across categories including jewellery, loose stones and machinery will be part of the Vicenzaoro Winter 2017 to be held from 20-25th January 2017 at Vicenza Italy. Vicenzaoro, a leading event for the international jewellery industry, is attended by a large number of international companies as well as by visitors and buyers from all over
Integrity of Jewellery to be Focused at VICENZAORO
Milan: The requirement that all jewellery components be shown to have been responsibly and ethically sourced, handled and traded has become a central tenet of the luxury markets in the 21st Century, and it has led to the development of a service sector that provides the means and methods of ensuring the integrity of the supply chain. Compliance with accepted
KSS Opens ‘Cherishgold’ & ‘BJewelz’ Store in Mum
Mumbai: KSS Limited, a brand synonymous with quality and consumer satisfaction, opened its first co-branded Cherishgold and BJewelz store in Mumbai yesterday. The store at Goregaon is the first-of-its-kind retail and online co-branded store by KSS Limited in India. Birla Jewels Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of KSS Limited that is listed on BSE and NSE is all set to
ALROSA and DDC Sign MoU
Las Vegas: ALROSA and Diamond Dealers Club of New York signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) aimed to develop the diamond industries of Russia and the USA.The document was signed at an official ceremony in Las Vegas on 30 May by Reuven Kaufman, President of the DDC, and Alexander Malinin, Director of “Brillianty ALROSA” (ALROSA’s cutting and polishing division). The
Surat to Set Diamond Bourse in 2 Lakh Sq. Yards
Surat: Surat, known as a hub for processing of rough diamond is readying itself to set up a world class diamond bourse having trading facilities which will integrate processing and house all those interested in diamond business at one place, reports The Times of India. The proposed bourse may be of the size of the one existing in Mumbai. Mumbai’s
EGL Uncovers 4 Synthetics in Parcel of 20 Stones
Ramat Gan: In an unusual case, EGL International in Israel said it has discovered four synthetic diamonds in a parcel of 20 stones submitted by a long-time client, reports idexonline.com. The lab-grown diamonds were uncovered in the first phase of testing using FTIR infrared spectroscopy, said EGL International Managing Partner and CEO, Guy D. Benhamou, who added that the diamonds
Bitcoin Growing in Adoption
New York: The cyber currency bitcoin is seeing increasing adoption, said a May 31 panel on “Bitcoin and the Jewelry Industry: What You Need to Know.” “In terms of the world’s economic system, bitcoin is doing small numbers,” said the panel’s moderator Verichannel CEO Jacques Voorhees, whose son works for a bitcoin company. “But the adoption rate is soaring.” Some
