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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The WDM Releases its first Proprietary Publication

London: The World Diamond Museum (WDM) announced the publication of the museum’s first book in the series of Facets of Mankind publications, named “Diamonds Across Time.” The unveiling of the book coincides with the First Virtual World Diamond Congress that is held September 14-15. The book was compiled and edited by the World Diamond Museum’s chief curator and world renowned

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YD Kicks-Off 1st Virtual World Diamond Congress

Antwerp: A lively meeting of the World Federation of Diamond Bourses (WFDB) Young Diamantaires (YD) group yesterday led the first day of meetings of the 39th World Diamond Congress. This was the first meeting of the YD held in the framework of a World Diamond Congress. The video meeting was attended by over one hundred YD members from around the

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India's G&J Exports on Recovery Path

Mumbai: India’s gems and jewellery exports have shown signs of recovery and has registered at USD 1764.06 Million in August 2020, as compared to USD 36 Million in April 2020. The recovery is due to growth in demand for diamonds and jewellery in international markets like US, China, Europe etc. which have opened for trade. However, as compared with a

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Surat Bounces back to Normalcy

Mumbai: Surat, the world’s leading cutting and polishing diamond manufacturing hub, is humming again. Despite the imposed restrictions due to the pandemic till sometime back, many leading manufacturers aren’t reporting any new Covid cases. Mr. Colin Shah, Chairman of India’s Gem and Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC) said, “Cut and polished diamonds are a major contributor to the overall India’s

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The WDM Releases its first Proprietary Publication

London: The World Diamond Museum (WDM) announced the publication of the museum’s first book in the series of Facets of Mankind publications, named “Diamonds Across Time.” The unveiling of the book coincides with the First Virtual World Diamond Congress that is held September 14-15. The book was compiled and edited by the World Diamond Museum’s chief curator and world renowned

Read More »

YD Kicks-Off 1st Virtual World Diamond Congress

Antwerp: A lively meeting of the World Federation of Diamond Bourses (WFDB) Young Diamantaires (YD) group yesterday led the first day of meetings of the 39th World Diamond Congress. This was the first meeting of the YD held in the framework of a World Diamond Congress. The video meeting was attended by over one hundred YD members from around the

Read More »

India's G&J Exports on Recovery Path

Mumbai: India’s gems and jewellery exports have shown signs of recovery and has registered at USD 1764.06 Million in August 2020, as compared to USD 36 Million in April 2020. The recovery is due to growth in demand for diamonds and jewellery in international markets like US, China, Europe etc. which have opened for trade. However, as compared with a

Read More »

Surat Bounces back to Normalcy

Mumbai: Surat, the world’s leading cutting and polishing diamond manufacturing hub, is humming again. Despite the imposed restrictions due to the pandemic till sometime back, many leading manufacturers aren’t reporting any new Covid cases. Mr. Colin Shah, Chairman of India’s Gem and Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC) said, “Cut and polished diamonds are a major contributor to the overall India’s

Read More »

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