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Brent Touched $100, the 10-Year Hit a Seven-Month High, and Both Metals Still Gained
Macro Snapshot: The week ending July 24 was one of the most volatile macro weeks of 2026, and the most significant feature was not what moved, but what did not. Oil spiked, yields surged to their highest since January 2025, and the conflict between the US and Iran escalated to its most intense phase since the February strikes. Gold and silver gained on the week. That resilience at the bottom of a multi-week correction, against headwinds that should have pushed
Brent Touched $100, the 10-Year Hit a Seven-Month High, and Both Metals Still Gained
Macro Snapshot: The week ending July 24 was one of the most volatile macro weeks of 2026, and the most significant feature was not what moved, but what did not. Oil spiked, yields surged to their highest since January 2025, and the conflict between the US and Iran escalated to its most intense phase since the February strikes. Gold and silver gained on the week. That resilience at the bottom of a multi-week correction, against headwinds that should have pushed
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Russia Plans to Divert Diamonds in Case of Sanctions
Moscow: In the event that the European Union decides to apply sanctions on Russia in general and the Russian diamond industry specifically, over the country’s conflict with neighboring Ukraine, Moscow plans to divert a large chunk of its diamond exports to other countries, Rough and Polished reports. Russian Federation Ministry of Finance Administrative Department Chief Alexander Akhpolov told Kommersant Vlast
Antwerp’s Rough Trade Still Thriving in August
Antwerp: This month’s rough trade in Antwerp outperformed that of August 2013, with increases in both import and export, continuing the positive trading streak of this year. Imports and exports of polished saw some adjustments due to the modest trading in the same month last year. Rough trading continued in a positive vein this month, further extending the robust figures
Antwerp to Hold 3rd Zimbabwe Diamond Auction
Harare: Zimbabwe is holding its third 10- day diamond auction at Antwerp until later this month with approximately 500,000 carats of diamonds expected to go under the hammer, a facilitating company has said. The auction is the country’s fifth since it started auctioning its rough diamonds on the international market in December last year. Zimbabwe held its first diamond auction
DDC to Host Third Edition of IDW in New York
Ramat Gan: The Israel Diamond Exchange (IDE) and the Diamond Dealers Club of New York (DDC) will hold the third edition of the Israel Diamond Week in New York November 10-13, 2014, on the trading floor of the Diamond Dealers Club of New York, which is located on 580 Fifth Avenue in midtown Manhattan. The annual event is a joint
Russia Plans to Divert Diamonds in Case of Sanctions
Moscow: In the event that the European Union decides to apply sanctions on Russia in general and the Russian diamond industry specifically, over the country’s conflict with neighboring Ukraine, Moscow plans to divert a large chunk of its diamond exports to other countries, Rough and Polished reports. Russian Federation Ministry of Finance Administrative Department Chief Alexander Akhpolov told Kommersant Vlast
Antwerp’s Rough Trade Still Thriving in August
Antwerp: This month’s rough trade in Antwerp outperformed that of August 2013, with increases in both import and export, continuing the positive trading streak of this year. Imports and exports of polished saw some adjustments due to the modest trading in the same month last year. Rough trading continued in a positive vein this month, further extending the robust figures
Antwerp to Hold 3rd Zimbabwe Diamond Auction
Harare: Zimbabwe is holding its third 10- day diamond auction at Antwerp until later this month with approximately 500,000 carats of diamonds expected to go under the hammer, a facilitating company has said. The auction is the country’s fifth since it started auctioning its rough diamonds on the international market in December last year. Zimbabwe held its first diamond auction
DDC to Host Third Edition of IDW in New York
Ramat Gan: The Israel Diamond Exchange (IDE) and the Diamond Dealers Club of New York (DDC) will hold the third edition of the Israel Diamond Week in New York November 10-13, 2014, on the trading floor of the Diamond Dealers Club of New York, which is located on 580 Fifth Avenue in midtown Manhattan. The annual event is a joint
