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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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Petra and Ekapa Enter into Joint Mining Venture
Johannesburg: Petra Diamonds Limited announced it has entered into an unincorporated joint venture agreement with Ekapa Mining (Pty) Ltd. named the Kimberley Ekapa Mining Joint Venture. The respective operations comprise Petra’s Kimberley Underground mines, Ekapa’s tailings operations and Kimberley Mines tailings operations. The joint venture agreement came into effect on July 1, with Petra and its BEE partners holding 75.9
GII Builds Synthetic Diamond Detecting Machine
Mumbai: To address the threat of undisclosed mixing of Synthetic diamonds with Natural Diamonds, the Gemmological Institute of India (GII), a project of Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC) and co-sponsored by Bharat Diamond Bourse (BDB) has introduced a new instrument which immediately detects synthetic diamonds. The instrument which has been named as “Quick-Check”, has been indigenously designed by
Russian Manufacturers Request State Support
Moscow: On the eve of the abolition of the 6.5% export duty on diamonds coming on September 1, 2016, Russian diamond cutters said they would need large-scale state support. As the Kommersant Daily came to know, the largest local diamond industry enterprise, which is Smolensk-based Kristall, proposed to introduce new protective market mechanisms, stating that without them, Russian diamond manufacturers
ALROSA Started to Sell 10.9%
Moscow: On Wednesday, Sberbank CIB and VTB Capital (coordinators of the transaction to float the diamond miner’s state-owned shares) opened an order book for purchasing 802,780,000 shares in ALROSA (10.9% of the state-held stock) after yesterday’s trading on the Moscow Stock Exchange closed, according to the company’s report released on the Exchange. Thus, ALROSA became the first company with state
IIGJ Lab Simplifies Ruby Treatment Description
New Delhi: IIGJ Lab is committed to serve the Gem & Jewellery Industry by providing independent quality assessment of Gemstones & Jewellery. IIGJ’s Ruby Identification service is well known and is availed by gemstone manufacturers, traders, and retailers. Effective 6th November 2025, IIGJ Lab (A Project by GJEPC India) sponsored by Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Govt. of India has
GJEPC Headed G&J Sector During President’s Botswana Visit
Mumbai: India’s Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC) headed the gem and jewellery (G&J) sector’s presence during President Smt. Droupadi Murmu’s state visit to Botswana from 11 to 14 November. As part of Indian delegation, led by South Gujarat Chamber of Commerce & Industry (SGCCI), Mr. Jayanti Savaliya, Regional Chairman – Gujarat, GJEPC, was heading a team representing the
Sky Gold Registers Growth Oriented Q2 Results
Mumbai: Sky Gold and Diamonds Limited (BSE: 541967 | NSE: SKYGOLD), listed B2B Gold Jewellery manufacturer recently announced its Q2FY26 results for the quarter ended September 30, 2025. With a solid Q1FY25, the company has continued Q2FY26 with a strong growth momentum, backed by rising exports, capacity enhancement plans, and deeper retail partnerships across India, the Middle East and Southeast Asia. (All figures in ₹ crore unless otherwise stated) Particulars(₹ Crores) Q2’FY26 Q2’FY25 Y-o-Y Q1 FY26 Q-o-Q Revenue 1484.5 768.8 93.1% 1131 31.2% EBITDA 99.9 38.8 157.5% 71.4 39.9% EBITDA Margin (%) 6.73% 5.1% 163bps 6.3% 43bps PAT
Enduring Q2 Performance by Senco Gold
Kolkata: Senco Gold Limited has announced its consolidated results for the quarter and half-year ended 30th September 2025. The company has a robust network of over 192 showrooms across 17 states and UTs. (Rs in Cr) Speaking of the performance, Mr. Suvankar Sen, Managing Director & CEO, Senco Gold Ltd, said, “We are pleased to report that we have delivered an enduring performance in Q2, despite the highest-ever gold prices reaching to Rs. 11650/gm
