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Despite Collapsing Hike Odds, Rising Yields Kept Indian Gold, Silver Below Their Floors
Snap Shot: Most of the damage in the week ending 2 October landed before the good news arrived, and the good news then failed to repair it. August core PCE inflation, released on 30 September, rose 3.0% from a year earlier against expectations of 3.3%, helped partly by methodology changes at the Bureau of Economic Analysis. September payrolls on 2 October then added just 29,000 jobs against forecasts near 90,000, with unemployment at 4.2% and August revised down to 133,000
Despite Collapsing Hike Odds, Rising Yields Kept Indian Gold, Silver Below Their Floors
Snap Shot: Most of the damage in the week ending 2 October landed before the good news arrived, and the good news then failed to repair it. August core PCE inflation, released on 30 September, rose 3.0% from a year earlier against expectations of 3.3%, helped partly by methodology changes at the Bureau of Economic Analysis. September payrolls on 2 October then added just 29,000 jobs against forecasts near 90,000, with unemployment at 4.2% and August revised down to 133,000
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Global Platinum Jewellery Market Rebounds
Mumbai: Platinum Guild International (PGI), a worldwide marketing organization dedicated to creating, expanding, and strengthening consumer and trade markets for platinum jewellery, has shared its findings from its Platinum Jewellery Business Review update for Q1 2025, highlighting strong growth across key global markets, led by a significant recovery in China. Platinum jewellery is seeing renewed global momentum, with China leading
India not to Ask Nirav Modi About PNB Scam
London: Ahead of the extradition hearing of fugitive diamantaire Nirav Modi at Westminster Court, India has assured the United Kingdom that the Fugitive Economic Offender will not be “questioned” in connection with the $2 billion Punjab National Bank (PNB) fraud case. A written assurance or sovereign guarantee to this effect has been submitted to the UK authorities through the Crown
De Beers Launches Desert Diamonds Beacon
London: De Beers Group has announced the consumer launch of Desert diamonds, the first new ‘beacon’ it has developed in over a decade, supported by its largest category marketing investment in more than ten years. A De Beers beacon is a celebration of natural diamonds that is manifested through a jewelry concept designed to galvanize the industry around a central
Amit Pratihari Named MD, GIA India Laboratory
Mumbai: The board of directors of GIA India Laboratory Pvt. Ltd. (GIA India) has appointed Amit Pratihari as managing director, responsible for all aspects of GIA India’s gemological laboratories in Mumbai and Surat, as well as the GIA India school in Mumbai. Reporting to the board of directors of GIA India, he assumed his responsibilities on October 1. Amit’s deep experience
World Gold Council India CEO to Step Down
Mumbai: The World Gold Council (WGC) has announced that Mr. Somasundaram PR, Regional CEO, India, will step down from his current position next year when his successor has been appointed. Mr. Somasundaram PR joined the WGC in January 2013 and during the last decade has played an instrumental part in supporting many of the India gold market’s structural reforms, from
Augmont Partners with Leading Brands
Mumbai: Augmont, India’s Gold Platform has forged strategic partnerships with some of the most esteemed brands like Home Credit, Kalyan Jewellers, PNG, ONeCode, and EbixCash to promote Digital Gold as a product. These collaborations are a significant step towards Augmont’s vision of revolutionising how customers engage with Digital Gold investments. Augmont has always been committed to innovation, and its belief
Plot Allotted for Jaipur Gem & Jewellery Bourse
Jaipur: India’s Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC), the apex trade body sponsored by the Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Govt of India has teamed up with the Jewellers Association Jaipur (JAJ) to form a special purpose vehicle (SPV), Jaipur Gem & Jewellery Board (JGJB) to implement the first-of-its-kind Jaipur Gem & Jewellery Bourse ‘dream project’. This global gemstone
Govt. of Wallonia invests €250,000 in iTraceiT
Hennuyeres, (Wallonia, Belgium): iTraceiT, an independent, third-party company specializing in traceability solutions and the creator of the world’s first digital diamond passport, has received a grant of €250,000 from the Walloon government’s investment fund W.IN.G (Wallonia Innovation and Growth). The funding will contribute toward the expansion of iTraceiT’s marketing and sales program and the company’s foothold in India and the
