Two Weeks, Two Divergences, One Mechanism: The Rupee is Rewriting Indian Gold

Macro Snapshot: Two weeks ago, the rupee crisis pushed MCX gold up 3.9% while COMEX gold fell 3.6%. The week ending May 29 produced the exact mirror image: COMEX gold rose 1.5% while MCX gold fell 2.0%. Same mechanism, opposite direction. The rupee’s path through the week tells the full story. The intra-week range of 95.05 to 96.26, roughly 1.2%, is what explains why MCX prices fell while COMEX prices rose. But US and Iranian negotiators reached a tentative agreement

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Two Weeks, Two Divergences, One Mechanism: The Rupee is Rewriting Indian Gold

Macro Snapshot: Two weeks ago, the rupee crisis pushed MCX gold up 3.9% while COMEX gold fell 3.6%. The week ending May 29 produced the exact mirror image: COMEX gold rose 1.5% while MCX gold fell 2.0%. Same mechanism, opposite direction. The rupee’s path through the week tells the full story. The intra-week range of 95.05 to 96.26, roughly 1.2%, is what explains why MCX prices fell while COMEX prices rose. But US and Iranian negotiators reached a tentative agreement

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India Interested in Small Angolan Diamonds

Cape Town: A group of Indian business men are interested in Angola’s small diamonds, an official from the state diamond mining company Endiama has said. Angop news agency quoted Endiama chief executive Carlos Sumbula as saying that he met with the group during the just ended 2015 Mining Indaba in Cape Town. “The Indians are interested in small diamonds and

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Chinese Banks to Have Bigger Say in Gold Pricing

London: The London Bullion Market Association (LBMA) has announced that come March, a new electronic daily gold price will go live in China that will replace the traditional London gold fixing. The LBMA, for the first time, has three Chinese banks as ordinary members: Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd, China Construction Bank Corp and Bank of China Ltd.

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IIDGR Set for Indian Roadshow

Mumbai: The De Beers Group of Companies today announced that its International Institute of Diamond Grading & Research (IIDGR) business is running synthetic detection symposiums around India to demonstrate its technology to all elements of the Indian diamond community. The IIDGR team, led by the Institute’s Commercial Director, Jamie Clark, are at the Bharat Diamond Bourse in Mumbai on 16th

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PNG Signs Salman Khan as Brand Ambassador

Mumbai: P. N. Gadgil Jewellers Pvt.Ltd. (PNG) has evolved ceaselessly in the past 183 years, as the pioneers of the industry they have always been extremely considerate of the needs of their customers. Taking the same values forward, P. N. Gadgil Jewellers (PNG) have decided to induct superstar of Indian Cinema Mr. Salman Khan as their global brand ambassador for

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India Interested in Small Angolan Diamonds

Cape Town: A group of Indian business men are interested in Angola’s small diamonds, an official from the state diamond mining company Endiama has said. Angop news agency quoted Endiama chief executive Carlos Sumbula as saying that he met with the group during the just ended 2015 Mining Indaba in Cape Town. “The Indians are interested in small diamonds and

Read More »

Chinese Banks to Have Bigger Say in Gold Pricing

London: The London Bullion Market Association (LBMA) has announced that come March, a new electronic daily gold price will go live in China that will replace the traditional London gold fixing. The LBMA, for the first time, has three Chinese banks as ordinary members: Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd, China Construction Bank Corp and Bank of China Ltd.

Read More »

IIDGR Set for Indian Roadshow

Mumbai: The De Beers Group of Companies today announced that its International Institute of Diamond Grading & Research (IIDGR) business is running synthetic detection symposiums around India to demonstrate its technology to all elements of the Indian diamond community. The IIDGR team, led by the Institute’s Commercial Director, Jamie Clark, are at the Bharat Diamond Bourse in Mumbai on 16th

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PNG Signs Salman Khan as Brand Ambassador

Mumbai: P. N. Gadgil Jewellers Pvt.Ltd. (PNG) has evolved ceaselessly in the past 183 years, as the pioneers of the industry they have always been extremely considerate of the needs of their customers. Taking the same values forward, P. N. Gadgil Jewellers (PNG) have decided to induct superstar of Indian Cinema Mr. Salman Khan as their global brand ambassador for

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