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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WFDB Congratulates New Officers of GJEPC

Antwerp: World Federation of Diamond Bourses (WFDB) President Ernie Blom has expressed his congratulations to the newly elected President and Vice-President of India’s Gem and Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC) following elections for the top positions. Pramod Kumar Agarwal has been elected as Chairman for the period of 2018 to 2020, while Colin Shah has been elected as the Vice

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India Reduces GST on Polished Diamonds

Mumbai: The sharp cut in the rate of GST (Goods and Services Tax) on polished diamond has brought much cheer to processors and jewellery exporters. Around 94 per cent of the diamonds processed in the country would attract 0.25 per cent GST effective Friday, down from three per cent earlier, following the GST Council’s decision in this connection on Thursday.

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Need for More Research on Gold in India

Ahmedabad: Gold in India continues to be a work in process from the perspective of a comprehensive economic policy. As a commodity, it is among the severely under-researched items given its importance in the economy as well as the society of our country. It employs more than 5 million people and has annual import bill of more than 200,000 crores

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West Bengal Assures to Support G&J Sector

Kolkata: A GJF Delegation Led by Chairman Mr. Nitin khandelwal along with Mr. Shaankar Sen, Mr. Avinash Gupta, Mr. Ashok Bengani and Mr. Suvankar Sen met the Finance Minister (FM) of west Bengal Mr. Amit Mitra recently at the Bengal Global Business Summit in Kolkata. Over the round table discussion with the FM, on the side lines of the business

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WFDB Congratulates New Officers of GJEPC

Antwerp: World Federation of Diamond Bourses (WFDB) President Ernie Blom has expressed his congratulations to the newly elected President and Vice-President of India’s Gem and Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC) following elections for the top positions. Pramod Kumar Agarwal has been elected as Chairman for the period of 2018 to 2020, while Colin Shah has been elected as the Vice

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India Reduces GST on Polished Diamonds

Mumbai: The sharp cut in the rate of GST (Goods and Services Tax) on polished diamond has brought much cheer to processors and jewellery exporters. Around 94 per cent of the diamonds processed in the country would attract 0.25 per cent GST effective Friday, down from three per cent earlier, following the GST Council’s decision in this connection on Thursday.

Read More »

Need for More Research on Gold in India

Ahmedabad: Gold in India continues to be a work in process from the perspective of a comprehensive economic policy. As a commodity, it is among the severely under-researched items given its importance in the economy as well as the society of our country. It employs more than 5 million people and has annual import bill of more than 200,000 crores

Read More »

West Bengal Assures to Support G&J Sector

Kolkata: A GJF Delegation Led by Chairman Mr. Nitin khandelwal along with Mr. Shaankar Sen, Mr. Avinash Gupta, Mr. Ashok Bengani and Mr. Suvankar Sen met the Finance Minister (FM) of west Bengal Mr. Amit Mitra recently at the Bengal Global Business Summit in Kolkata. Over the round table discussion with the FM, on the side lines of the business

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