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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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Purvi Shah Appointed As New ED of RJC
Mumbai: The Responsible Jewellery Council (RJC) has appointed Purvi Shah, currently head of ethical and sustainable value chains at De Beers, as its next executive director, effective Feb. 7, 2026. She will succeed John Hall, who has served as interim executive director since Melanie Grant’s departure in January. Shah has been with De Beers for 17 years and has served
New Digital Innovation Reinforces Antwerp’s Global Leadership
Antwerp: The Belgian diamond federation Antwerp World Diamond Centre (AWDC) has launched an innovative digital customer screening tool, based on Regulatory Technology (RegTech) and tailored to the specific needs of the diamond industry. With this new application, the Antwerp diamond sector takes an important step forward in the prevention of money laundering, helping diamond companies to meet their legal Anti-Money
GJSCI Signs MoU with APSSDC
Mumbai: The Gem & Jewellery Skill Council of India (GJSCI) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Andhra Pradesh State Skill Development Corporation (APSSDC) to implement skill training programmes. The collaboration will encompass Short-Term Training programs, upskilling modules, and Recognition of Prior Learning assessments, designed to enhance talent development in the gems and jewellery sector. Through these structured
GSI and Mindron Unveil TRUSURE APEX
Mumbai: Gemological Science International (GSI) and Mindron announced the launch of the Trusure Apex, a state-of-the-art and advanced diamond screening instrument, at a recent event. Powered by GSI, this groundbreaking tool is engineered to detect natural diamonds, lab-grown diamonds (CVD and HPHT), and non-diamond simulants such as CZ, across various jewellery types and categories, including loose, mounted, and complex polki
Informa Markets, Atelier Technology Enter Partnership
Hong Kong: Informa Markets, the world’s largest exhibitions organiser, and Atelier Technology, the leading technology provider in the jewellery supply chain have entered into a strategic cooperation that aims to create growth opportunities for the jewellery community through a carefully tailored digital service that leverages their combined strengths, technologies and industry relationships. Under the partnership, Informa Markets’ jewellery vertical —
Hong Kong Indian Diamond Association Joins WFDB
Antwerp: The Hong Kong Indian Diamond Association (HKIDA) has joined the World Federation of Diamond Bourses (WFDB) as an Associate Member, granting it Observer status in various organizational forums. HKIDA is an association of Indian natural diamond and diamond jewelry dealers and traders operating in Hong Kong whose aim is to promote the natural diamond trade and to ensure consumer
UNI & EZCalc to Organize Virtual Diamond Tender
Mumbai: August traditionally has been a vacation month in the international diamond trade, but 2020 is proving different, as companies scramble to restock following the lockdown that cast a shadow over the first half of the year. To meet the demand, and with numerous retail markets showing signs of recovery and the end-of-the year holiday season fast approaching, UNI and
BGJF is Rescheduled between 23 & 27 Feb 2021
Bangkok: Department of International Trade Promotion (DITP), Thailand Ministry of Commerce and its affiliates have been carefully monitoring the development of the global community efforts to diminish the COVID-19 situation in the past months. Although Thailand can control the outbreak so effectively that there is no local infection in the past two months, the health and safety of industry stakeholders
