The 200-Day Held: Now Comes the Test That Decides Whether the Bounce is a Reversal

Macro Snapshot: The week ending July 3 broke a five-week decline for both gold and silver. Gold posted its first weekly gain since late May and silver led the recovery with a much larger move. The trigger was a weaker-than-expected US jobs report, which reset rate-hike expectations and pushed the dollar to its largest weekly decline since April. Layered underneath were two other significant developments: the release of the World Gold Council’s Mid-Year Outlook on Tuesday July 1 (covered in

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The 200-Day Held: Now Comes the Test That Decides Whether the Bounce is a Reversal

Macro Snapshot: The week ending July 3 broke a five-week decline for both gold and silver. Gold posted its first weekly gain since late May and silver led the recovery with a much larger move. The trigger was a weaker-than-expected US jobs report, which reset rate-hike expectations and pushed the dollar to its largest weekly decline since April. Layered underneath were two other significant developments: the release of the World Gold Council’s Mid-Year Outlook on Tuesday July 1 (covered in

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Unusual Gold Imports in India in March 2021

Mumbai: In March 2021, multiple factors contributed to the rise in imports of gold to 160 tonnes, a growth of 471% as compared to the same period last year. The growth is mainly attributed to factors like demand surge for gem and jewellery products from exports markets like the US, UK following lockdown relaxation, the wedding season in India, improved

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CIBJO Launches Free Online Toolkit to Assist G&J Cos.

Milan: CIBJO, the World Jewellery Confederation, has announced that it has launched an online Toolkit designed to enable all members of the jewellery and gem sector to conduct responsible sourcing due diligence on their supply chains. The digital files of which the toolkit is comprised can be downloaded at no cost from a dedicated mini-website, located at www.cibjo.org/rs-toolkit. The CIBJO

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SSEF Launches Free Online Courses on Major Gems

Basel: The Swiss Gemmological Institute SSEF has launched a series of free-of-charge, online courses, entitled “Understanding Gemstones.” With each covering a specific gem, the courses are comprehensive and self-paced by the student, who is able to start and complete them at any time via SSEF’s Internet-based learning platform. The courses are available in English, French and simplified Chinese. The gems

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G&J Exports witnesses Remarkable growth in Q4

Mumbai: The financial year 2020-21 witnessed an overall decline of 28.46% to US$ 25.31 billion in the overall exports of gem and jewellery compared with US$ 35.37 bn in the fiscal year 2019-20, as per the data of the apex body The Gem and Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC). However, there is a significant increase in the exports witnessed in the last quarter of the financial year ended

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Unusual Gold Imports in India in March 2021

Mumbai: In March 2021, multiple factors contributed to the rise in imports of gold to 160 tonnes, a growth of 471% as compared to the same period last year. The growth is mainly attributed to factors like demand surge for gem and jewellery products from exports markets like the US, UK following lockdown relaxation, the wedding season in India, improved

Read More »

CIBJO Launches Free Online Toolkit to Assist G&J Cos.

Milan: CIBJO, the World Jewellery Confederation, has announced that it has launched an online Toolkit designed to enable all members of the jewellery and gem sector to conduct responsible sourcing due diligence on their supply chains. The digital files of which the toolkit is comprised can be downloaded at no cost from a dedicated mini-website, located at www.cibjo.org/rs-toolkit. The CIBJO

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SSEF Launches Free Online Courses on Major Gems

Basel: The Swiss Gemmological Institute SSEF has launched a series of free-of-charge, online courses, entitled “Understanding Gemstones.” With each covering a specific gem, the courses are comprehensive and self-paced by the student, who is able to start and complete them at any time via SSEF’s Internet-based learning platform. The courses are available in English, French and simplified Chinese. The gems

Read More »

G&J Exports witnesses Remarkable growth in Q4

Mumbai: The financial year 2020-21 witnessed an overall decline of 28.46% to US$ 25.31 billion in the overall exports of gem and jewellery compared with US$ 35.37 bn in the fiscal year 2019-20, as per the data of the apex body The Gem and Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC). However, there is a significant increase in the exports witnessed in the last quarter of the financial year ended

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