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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

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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Reduction in Duty on Precious Metals Welcomed
Mumbai: India’s Finance Minister Mrs. Nirmala Sitharaman yesterday reduce the long awaited import duty on gold and silver from 12.5 to 7.5%. For platinum, the duty was reduced to 10%. The booster step to the already fumbling industry was whole heartedly welcomed by leaders. Ms. Vaishali Banerjee, Managing Director, Platinum Guild International (PGI) – India: “The Budget presented by the

Import Duty on Gold, Silver Reduced to 7.5%
New Delhi: The government of India on February 1 recommended reducing import duty on gold and silver to 7.5 percent, a move which would make the bullion metal and jewellery cheaper in the domestic market for the buyer. Finance Minister Mrs. Nirmala Sitharaman in her Budget speech said, “It is proposed to decrease custom duty on gold and other precious metals from

De Beers Reviews Promotion Guidance for 2021
Gaborone: De Beers has reset its production guidance for 2021 by 3%, blaming operational issues and lower output at its Venetia mine, in South Africa, rather than a Covid-related lack of demand. Its forecast is now down by a million carats at 32m to 34m carats, rather than the original 33m to 35m carats. Parent company Anglo American says in

GJEPC Holds Business Meeting with Oman
Mumbai: The Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC) organised a virtual business meeting with Oman on 28th January 2021 in order to connect jewellery manufacturers from India and leading retailers/wholesalers of Oman. Gracing the occasion were Ravi Shanker Goel, Second Secretary (Commerce) Indian Embassy in Muscat; Suresh Kumar, Joint Secretary Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Government of India; Nasser Ashraf

Reduction in Duty on Precious Metals Welcomed
Mumbai: India’s Finance Minister Mrs. Nirmala Sitharaman yesterday reduce the long awaited import duty on gold and silver from 12.5 to 7.5%. For platinum, the duty was reduced to 10%. The booster step to the already fumbling industry was whole heartedly welcomed by leaders. Ms. Vaishali Banerjee, Managing Director, Platinum Guild International (PGI) – India: “The Budget presented by the

Import Duty on Gold, Silver Reduced to 7.5%
New Delhi: The government of India on February 1 recommended reducing import duty on gold and silver to 7.5 percent, a move which would make the bullion metal and jewellery cheaper in the domestic market for the buyer. Finance Minister Mrs. Nirmala Sitharaman in her Budget speech said, “It is proposed to decrease custom duty on gold and other precious metals from

De Beers Reviews Promotion Guidance for 2021
Gaborone: De Beers has reset its production guidance for 2021 by 3%, blaming operational issues and lower output at its Venetia mine, in South Africa, rather than a Covid-related lack of demand. Its forecast is now down by a million carats at 32m to 34m carats, rather than the original 33m to 35m carats. Parent company Anglo American says in

GJEPC Holds Business Meeting with Oman
Mumbai: The Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC) organised a virtual business meeting with Oman on 28th January 2021 in order to connect jewellery manufacturers from India and leading retailers/wholesalers of Oman. Gracing the occasion were Ravi Shanker Goel, Second Secretary (Commerce) Indian Embassy in Muscat; Suresh Kumar, Joint Secretary Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Government of India; Nasser Ashraf