Ceasefire Relief Fuels Recovery from Correction Lows

Metal This Week Last Week Change Gold (MCX) ₹1,52,652 / 10g ₹1,49,680 / 10g +₹2,972 (+2.0%) Silver (MCX) ₹2,43,274 / kg ₹2,32,495 / kg +₹10,779 (+4.6%) Macro Snapshot: Mumbai: Global precious metals got a meaningful tailwind mid-week after the US and Iran announced a two-week ceasefire on April 8, which pulled oil below $100 per barrel and softened the dollar. However, the Islamabad talks over the weekend failed to produce further progress, leaving the ceasefire fragile and the Strait of

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Ceasefire Relief Fuels Recovery from Correction Lows

Metal This Week Last Week Change Gold (MCX) ₹1,52,652 / 10g ₹1,49,680 / 10g +₹2,972 (+2.0%) Silver (MCX) ₹2,43,274 / kg ₹2,32,495 / kg +₹10,779 (+4.6%) Macro Snapshot: Mumbai: Global precious metals got a meaningful tailwind mid-week after the US and Iran announced a two-week ceasefire on April 8, which pulled oil below $100 per barrel and softened the dollar. However, the Islamabad talks over the weekend failed to produce further progress, leaving the ceasefire fragile and the Strait of

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DDE’s Peter Meeus Hits Back at PAC Claims

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Israel Exchange to Create Code of Ethics

Ramat Gan: In what appears to be a ground-breaking move for a diamond bourse, the Israel Diamond Exchange (IDE) has begun moves to create a code of ethics by which its members would be expected to operate. At a meeting at the bourse, IDE President Shmuel Schnitzer and management members discussed the creation of such a code with Israeli experts

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China’s Jewellery Sales Accounted for 41%

Beijing: Mainland China is a major jewellery consumer in the world. According to the recently released China Jewellery Industry Report, 2013-2016, last year jewellery sales in Chinese Mainland approximated $75.8 billion, which is equivalent to 41.2 % of the global consumption. In Mainland China, the gold jewelry consumption accounts for about 50% of the total jewellery consumption. In 2013, two

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Gold Smuggling in India May Fall to 50 Tonnes

Mumbai: Going by the seizures of gold which has increased four times in 2013-14, intelligence agencies have estimated gold smuggled in the country around 50 tonnes in 2013-14 which is way lower from the estimated by the World Gold Council (WGC), reports The Business Standard. WGC had estimated nearly 200 tonnes of gold entered India unofficially. Trade circles have been

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DDE’s Peter Meeus Hits Back at PAC Claims

Dubai: Dubai Diamond Exchange Chairman Peter Meeus replied to what he called “serious allegations” made by Partnership Africa Canada about Dubai at the Kimberley Process (KP) Intersessional meeting taking place in Shanghai. “First of all we were surprised to see that Mr. Martin quoted an FAFT (Financial Action Task Force) report on ML/TF (Money Laundering/Terrorism Financing) of 150 pages in

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Israel Exchange to Create Code of Ethics

Ramat Gan: In what appears to be a ground-breaking move for a diamond bourse, the Israel Diamond Exchange (IDE) has begun moves to create a code of ethics by which its members would be expected to operate. At a meeting at the bourse, IDE President Shmuel Schnitzer and management members discussed the creation of such a code with Israeli experts

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China’s Jewellery Sales Accounted for 41%

Beijing: Mainland China is a major jewellery consumer in the world. According to the recently released China Jewellery Industry Report, 2013-2016, last year jewellery sales in Chinese Mainland approximated $75.8 billion, which is equivalent to 41.2 % of the global consumption. In Mainland China, the gold jewelry consumption accounts for about 50% of the total jewellery consumption. In 2013, two

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Gold Smuggling in India May Fall to 50 Tonnes

Mumbai: Going by the seizures of gold which has increased four times in 2013-14, intelligence agencies have estimated gold smuggled in the country around 50 tonnes in 2013-14 which is way lower from the estimated by the World Gold Council (WGC), reports The Business Standard. WGC had estimated nearly 200 tonnes of gold entered India unofficially. Trade circles have been

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